Nancy Jorgensen

A Wisconsin writer and musician, Nancy Jorgensen co-authored the 2019 memoir, Go, G​wen, Go: A Family's Journey to Olympic Gold, published by Meyer & Meyer Sport. In alternating voices, she and daughter Elizabeth Jorgensen tell the story of Gwen Jorgensen's journey from CPA to Olympic gold medalist.

Nancy earned a Bachelor of Music from Alverno College and a Master of Music from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. A high school choir director for many years, she is the co-author of two music education books, Things They Never Taught You in Choral Methods and From the Trenches: Real Insights from Real Choral Educators. She also wrote several essays and an Olympic blog for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and her writing appears in Prime Number Magazine, Smith Magazine, Cagibi, Crack the Spine and elsewhere. 

Nancy and husband Joel have two daughters. Older daughter Elizabeth Jorgensen teaches creative writing, composition and journalism at Arrowhead High School in Hartland, Wisconsin. Younger daughter Gwen Jorgensen is the 2016 Olympic Champion in women's triathlon, 2012 Olympian, an All-American runner and CPA.

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