Carol Schmidt
The book has received 35 five-star reviews on its Amazon.com page. The Mexican edition of the Miami Herald said of their book in a double-page rave review, "A thousand New Yorker short story writers try to convey what these two tell us directly...totally honest."
Their second book, co-written with Rolly Brook, is The Best How-To Book on Moving to Mexico. The authors have helped hundreds of US and Canadian citizens make the move to Mexico successfully and avoid the pitfalls and hassles of an international move to a different culture with different rules.
Their website, including their blogs, open forums, San Miguel frequently asked questions, news, and 1,200 SMA photos, is at www.fallinginlovewithsanmiguel.com.
Former newspaper and magazine writer and editor Carol Schmidt was public relations director for the medical research programs at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in LA. She published three mystery novels now out of print: Silverlake Heat, Sweet Cherry Wine, and Cabin Fever.
Her writing is in seven anthologies, including the Library of America's Reporting Civil Rights (www.reportingcivilrights.org). Her freelance articles have appeared in hundreds of publications, including the Los Angeles Times, Long Beach Independent-Press Telegram, and National Catholic Reporter.
Born and raised in Detroit, she moved to LA in 1970. She met Norma Hair in 1979 when both were on the state board of directors of California NOW. They were married in Provincetown in 2004.
Articles by Carol Schmidt
December 11, 2009
In the midst of the US debates over health care reform, many are examining the health care system of Mexico, claiming that it is far superior to that of the US, and that it is luring thousands of US citizens to Mexico because they can't afford health care in the US. In some ways those claims are true, and at the same time this publicity is a simplistic politicization of a complex reality. This oversimplification is also being used by those who want to expand US Medicare coverage into Mexico for the benefit of the hundreds of thousands of US citizens who have already moved to Mexico.
March 10, 2009
A new youth services organization in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, called Patronato Pro-Juventud Sanmiguelense, is seeking to built community centers that will involve young people in evening activities. The centers would be similar to the YMCAs, YWCAs, and Boys and Girls Clubs in the United States, to provide alternatives to risky behavior that can lead to a life of crime and wasted human potential.
March 06, 2009
Hospice San Miguel, itself an innovative program for Mexico that provides assistance for those with a terminal illness and their families, has initiated a pilot Child Bereavement Program to see how school children can learn to talk about their emotions, particularly around the loss of a family member, whether to death, immigration, or marriage. Organizers believe it is the only such program in Mexico and even in the United States and Canada. The program is called, "Yo, Tambien, Siento" - "I, Too, Feel."
October 29, 2007
"Ronald McDonald" houses connected with hospitals are familiar in the U.S., but the concept of providing a place for low-income families of hospitalized patients to stay is more recent to Mexico.
One community that is providing a 48-bed family shelter for families of poor patients is San Miguel ...
September 13, 2007
As thousands of boomers consider retirement in Mexico, the arts and cultural center of San Miguel de Allende (an historic colonial town of 80,000 some 165 miles northwest of Mexico City that has about 12,000 foreign residents mainly from the U.S. and Canada) is a natural destination.
But it has a...
August 27, 2007
Why are so many U.S. citizens going to Mexico for health care? Those 45 million uninsured Americans need the lowest costs they can find. Even those with insurance find their out-of-pocket expenses in Mexico may be cheaper than their copays. But is the quality the same?
Sometimes it can be bett...
July 31, 2007
www.fallinginlovewithsanmiguel.com
Falling...in Love with San Miguel: Retiring to Mexico on Social Security.
San Miguel de Allende, long known as an artists colony 170 miles northwest of Mexico City, is also known for its literary history. From the 1930s when Stirling Dickinson first arrive...
May 14, 2007
Most U.S. citizens who retire to Mexico become involved in one of the thousands of projects to help their adopted country. One of the newest programs that shows immediate rewards in the lives of the poorest of Mexican families is Casita Linda, which so far has built ten sturdy, safe homes for those...