An Early Start

I grew up Lorraine Serravillo in Astoria, New York, and am a proud product of New York City Public Schools. I attended the High School of Music and Art as a voice major. Thanks to my very talented classmate Lloyd Green ‘71, you can access my audition story here.   

In 2016, my husband and daughters gifted a nameplate in my honor on a seat in the new auditorium at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts.

 A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Hunter College, I majored in English and minored in Philosophy. My first book review was published in 1978 while I was at graduate student and teaching assistant in Northeastern University’s Master of Arts in English program with a focus on study in the fields of British and American literature.

 While raising my two young daughters, I was a freelance copy-editor for non-fiction titles for Wesleyan University Press and manuscript textbooks for the College Division of D.C. Heath and Company, Inc. I also wrote teacher’s pages and annotated notes for an 11th grade American literature textbook for Prentice Hall Inc.

In 1989, after our family moved to Connecticut, I began working as a writer in the Communications Department at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford where I was editor of the award-winning Choate Rosemary Hall Alumni Bulletin for 17 years until my retirement in 2020.

Feature Stories

Spring 2016
https://issuu.com/choaterosemaryhall/docs/spring16_bulletin?e=4557709/35369569
pp.14-17
Developing Minds: Helping Students Navigate the Digital World

Winter 2017
https://issuu.com/choaterosemaryhall/docs/winter17_bulletin_issuu?e=4557709/43799671
pp. 24-31
Cuba: Through the Lens of the Humanities, Arts and Sciences 

Spring 2017
https://issuu.com/choaterosemaryhall/docs/choate_bulletin_spring17?e=4557709/48868236
pp. 22-29
Journalism and Nonfiction Storytelling 

Fall 2017
https://issuu.com/choaterosemaryhall/docs/2017_fall-bulletin?e=4557709/54364367
pp. 22-27
Movement in the Making

Winter 2018
https://issuu.com/choaterosemaryhall/docs/winter18_bulletin_issuu
pp. 10-17
From Footprint to Handprint to Lasting Imprint: Choate’s Sustainable Future

Fall 2018
https://issuu.com/choaterosemaryhall/docs/fall18bulletin_issuu?e=0
pp. 20-29
Signature Moves: A Closer Look at Choate’s Signature Academic Programs 

Winter 2019
https://issuu.com/choaterosemaryhall/docs/w19_bulletin_issuu_2?e=0
pp. 18-27
At the Center of the Student Experience

Winter 2020
https://issuu.com/choaterosemaryhall/docs/winter_20_bulletin_issuu
pp. 20-27
The Arts Amplified

Spring 2020
https://issuu.com/choaterosemaryhall/docs/sp20_bulletin_issuu
pp. 14-21
From Social Distancing to Distance Learning