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