Frankie converses with seekers about creativity with an unflagging radiant warmth. She knows that creative people must access their personalities, knowledge banks, memories, lostness-and-foundness. They must know the obstacles and dreams within them to make their art, and Frankie has developed ways to help them move authentically, confidently, and joyously into their work. In 2023, she started the Fifth Brain Collective so that she can teach people how to trust their own fifth brains, claim their time for creativity, and create a community of support.

After earning an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College, she embarked on a study of writers, the magic of their brains and the obstacles getting in their way. Frankie became a teaching artist in the schools and adjunct faculty for various colleges. She created her own tiny school of creative writing in New Jersey for nine years, and then served as creative writing faculty at Pima Community College in Tucson for thirteen years. After working with thousands of writers, Frankie wrote Do You Feel Like Writing? A Creative Guide to Artistic Confidence, to give writers permission to examine the ingredients of their own experiences, understand their own habits, and learn the importance of sharing their perspective.