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Victoria Lorrekovich-Miller

Writer | Editor | Educator | Founder

Professional Summary

Victoria is an APA style–certified editor, writer, and educator with extensive experience supporting high school and graduate students in crafting and publishing academic and creative work. She is the founder of LocalEditors.com, a platform dedicated to helping students strengthen college application essays and polish theses and dissertations. Her work blends technical precision with creative insight.

Editorial & Academic Experience

Founder & Lead Editor – LocalEditors.com

  • Provides editing and coaching services for high school and graduate-level writers

  • Specializes in APA style compliance and academic publishing preparation

  • Supports students through essay development, thesis editing, and dissertation refinement

Substitute Teacher

  • Taught students from Transitional Kindergarten through high school

  • Adapted instruction across grade levels and subject areas

Publications

Victoria’s writing has appeared in both print and online outlets, including:

  • Reader’s Digest

  • Chicken Soup for the Soul

  • Piker Press

  • Pithead Chapel Literary Journal

  • Kveller

  • The Bark

  • Dog and Kennel

  • Animal Wellness Magazine

  • Diablo Magazine

  • Thought Catalog

  • Cricket Magazine

  • YourTeenMag.com

  • Women on Writing (WOW)

  • and additional national and literary publications

Books

When a Mantis Finds a Fly in the Sky

  • Children’s picture book inspired by her pet praying mantis, Jade

  • Available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and independent bookstores

Current Projects

  • Writing a novel centered on a female-focused winery

  • Applicant for MFA programs in Creative Writing

Personal & Community Life

Victoria is the guardian of a lively menagerie that includes four dogs, a cat, tortoises, turtles, and exotic praying mantises. When not writing or teaching, she enjoys Vespa rides through California’s backroads, exploring estate sales, and meeting dogs wherever she goes.

She lives with her husband and partner-in-crime, Martin, and they are parents to four accomplished children: Ari, Justin, Logan, and Kaitlin.

You can reach her at: Victoria@VictoriaLorrekovich-Miller.com

Instagram: victorialorrekovichmiller