Who is Dr. Longo?
Dr. Longo comes from modest beginnings. Her mother suffered from Schizophrenia and was institutionalized, multiple times, beginning when she was 6 years old. Her father suffered from Crohn’s Disease and underwent multiple life threatening surgeries. She was considered an Emancipated Minor, got working papers, and worked in a factory, her last 2 years of High School.
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Educational Background
Bachelor’s Degree, from Clarion University, in 1982; Master’s Degree, from Edinboro University, in 1992; Doctoral Degree, from Gannon University, in 2004. She has been employed in various capacities for 40 years. She’s a well-rounded Counselor capable of working with all populations. Her passion is Alcoholism, Addiction, related Family issues, Couples and Relationship issues, Adults and Childhood Trauma, Work Related Stress, Anxiety, Depression, and multiple other counseling concerns.
Other Life Achievements
Health and fitness have been passions for Dr. Longo. She placed in the top 5 of several bodybuilding contests from 1979-1987. She took college, county, state, interstate, and regional contest trophies including in the Big Apple Classic in New York City, and in the Northern USA. She has a history of being a Physical Therapist and assisting people, by developing exercise and diet and nutrition programs, to meet their individual needs.
In the mid 1980’s, Dr. Longo was instrumental in the release of an American Pilot, Joseph Longo, who was flying a single engine plane over the ocean to a buyer in Africa. The right main tank wasn’t feeding the engine. He had to cut the border close, over Africa, to refuel. He, inadvertently, flew over a war zone. His plane was shot at, forced to land, and he was taken to the capital city to be interrogated, where he was mistakenly charged with Espionage, for using camera equipment to spy on the navigational position of ground troops. He was put in prison, in that 3rd world country. He got Malaria and Cholera and almost died. Dr. Longo collected 15,000 plus letters, talked to congressmen and senators in Washington, DC, along with United Nations Representatives from the African Subcommittee. Within 3 months of his capture, a Congressional Delegation brought him back to Andrew’s Airforce Base, in July of 1987. His release was recorded by 40 journalists, from all over the world, as a humanitarian effort to re-establish communication and negotiations between the US and Africa.
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