ROXANNE (SPAHN) PERRI...Class of.... 1962

Imagine a group of girls from James Madison High School, emerging from the Avalon Theatre on Kings Highway after just seeing “West Side Story” and literally dancing off down the street heading for either the Avalon Coffee Shop or Dubrows and singing “When You’re a Jet, You’re A Jet All The Way.” That was kind of an everyday thing because Madisonians are loaded with energy and a sense of excitement.

One of those girls was Roxanne Perri (Spahn), class of ’62 and she had her eye set on show business. So, right after graduating from Madison, in 1962, she promptly enrolled at the American Academy of

Dramatic Arts taking classes in speech, dramatic acting, pantomime, dance, role play and (fencing). Fencing? A nice Jewish girl as a musketeer? Well, maybe not. But there was also a love of photography, movies, art and music. As a result, she worked at the New York Institute of Photography and created an interesting portfolio of pictures. But, her years of training were far from over.

Roxanne soon enrolled in New York City Community College later transferring to Florida Atlantic University after moving to Miami in 1969. There, she got her BAE in Education. She then taught Elementary School for a while and before moving back to New York where she worked with Centurian Investigations as an investigator and field rep. After three years with the agency Roxanne moves back to Florida.

In 1978, in Miami four things changed her career direction. First, she meets a graphologist, (handwriting analyst) who told her about a National Convention of Handwriting Analysts in Washington. Having read several books on the subject she was eager to attend the convention and it was a good thing she did. Its was there that she met her mentor – Mr. Felix Klein the head of the National Society for Graphology. She took his professional course in Manhattan and became a certified Graphologist with a website, http://www.handwritingsrevealed.com/... where she profiles the writings of celebrities.

Now, having been involved in investigative work, Roxanne found she could combine the two, graphology and a “detective type” work. Little did she know it would also lead to television.

She opened up an office in Hollywood Florida and after working for three years in New York with a private investigative agency, she was able to open up her own fully licensed Agency. Then, as luck would have it, a new cable TV company was seeking programs and they put an ad in the papers seeking those who wanted to make a pilot program. With her background in drama from the Academy of Dramatic Arts, her major in English and Education from FAU and her work for Centurion Investigations, she applied for the pilot program and was accepted.

Roxanne ran a cable show on Selkirk Cable for about three years and with her interest in TV and movies was able to get excellent guests. Several programs were with the FBI as well as DEA agents from the Broward County Sheriff’s office. This then led to her running a Talk Show called the Roxanne Perri Show that concentrated on police type issues. And of course, she soon opened her Investigative Agency and was able to combine all aspects of handwriting analysis for a full spectrum of graphological services.

During this time, a good friend from Brooklyn, Jack Levy who moved to Florida around the same time as Roxanne was a talk show host on Florida radio nets. He took her by the hand and introduced Roxanne to the Florida Talk Show community and it wasn’t long before she became a regular guest on their shows. Roxanne was a regular on Ron King from WKAT and due to this interview about graphology met and worked for over 20 years with a billionaire Mr. Erik Hvide the owner of Hvide Shipping. She provided pre-employment screenings for their company combining background checks, drug and alcohol screening, pre-employment screenings and weeded out undesirables from the workplace.

So, what's next? it was back to school for Roxanne where she received a Masters Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and she began doing therapy. And today she is connected with Chabad Speakers Bureau and now gives lectures around the country on relationships, marital therapy, kabbalah and couples compatibility.

Now you ask, thru her graphology work, did she profile celebrities? Hoo Boy, did she. Former President Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor, Katherine Hepburn and Mohammed Ali among others, plus Andrew Cuananon the Versace killer and plus Kirk Douglas, Brad Pitt, Heather Locklear and Oprah Winfrey. Not bad for a kid from Kings Highway.

Roxanne presently gives talks around the country and is available for private consultations through her web at http://www.handwritingsrevealed.com/

She currently working on a celebrity book.

Now, the main question is this…….Roxanne, when in G-d’s name are you going to sit down and rest?.....Well done Roxanne, another Madisonian to be proud of.