Marlene Suliteanu lives in Oceanside, California, with her husband of forty-seven years, near their two adult children. Marlene became an occupational therapist upon graduating from Ohio State University in 1963; lived and worked in Chicago, the Cleveland Ohio area, northern and southern California, and the Seattle area – as an occupational therapist. Upon earning her credential as a Certified HANDLE® Practitioner in 2001, she created a private therapy practice based in Oceanside, exclusively offering HANDLE services: GET ABLE – Gentle Enhancement Therapy for Any Body to Live Efficiently. She is on the Board of The HANDLE Institute.