Susan Parenti composes and writes as means towards social change. Parenti received her Bachelor's degree in composition at Northwestern University, 2-year study of composition/orchestration at Lâ Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome Italy with composer Gofredoo Petrassi; Masters and Doctorate in composition at the University of Illinois. Susan has founded the Performer's Workshop Ensemble House Theater and the School for Designing a Society. Susan has published two books: The Politics of the Adjective Political and Other Plays and I and My Mouth and Their Irresistible Life in Language. She is co-writing a third book with Patch Adams, MD The Politics of Care. Her current interests include teaching English as a second language to Americans, as a part of self care and self-defense efforts in public health programs; to take experimental composing out of music schools and into the field of Communication