Maryellen Maguire-Eisen has taught the SunAWARE Curriculum in hundreds of schools during the past fifteen years. She has lectured nationally on skin cancer prevention and early detection and published extensively. She holds a Master's Degree in Science from Simmons College. She completed her graduate thesis, Knowledge of Melanoma and How It Relates to Clinical Practice, under the direction of Dr. Howard Koh and Professor Alan Geller. The study was published in the Oncology Nursing Forum. She is married and has two grown children. She loves teaching, golfing, the beach and hiking in World's End.