Laura Thomas
Georgia Sales Rep, Trainer, and Coach
Laura Thomas brings over three decades of passion, expertise, and firsthand classroom experience to her role as a Regional Sales Representative, Trainer, and Coach with Empowering Writers. With 31 years of teaching and 3 years dedicated to coaching and training, Laura has seen the transformative power of Empowering Writers’ structured, skill-based approach to writing instruction. Her classroom journey was significantly reshaped by this methodology, sparking newfound enthusiasm for writing among students and reinvigorating her own love for teaching.
Laura believes deeply that writing instruction should be meaningful, engaging, and seamlessly integrated across all content areas. Her mission is to help educators build confident, capable student writers while rediscovering the joy and satisfaction of teaching writing. Through direct support and high-impact training, Laura empowers teachers to make writing a vibrant part of the classroom every day.
Laura has been married to her high school sweetheart, DeWayne, for nearly 35 years. They are proud parents of three amazing children and delighted grandparents to seven energetic grandchildren. Whether she's spending time in the pool with her grands, exploring new vacation destinations, or reading children’s books to her little ones through the eyes of an author, Laura is always immersed in the magic of storytelling and demonstrating to them what successful writers do. She also enjoys traveling within Georgia and across other states to coach and train educators, sharing the Empowering Writers approach that rekindled her own classroom spark.