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I
received an M.F.A. from the Program for Writers at Warren Wilson
College (2001), an M.A. in Latin American Studies/Tropical Conservation
& Development at the University of Florida, (1994), and a B.A. in
English Language and Literature from the University of Virginia (1990)
in my beloved home town of Charlottesville. Among my wonderful former mentors
are Jim Shepard, John Casey, Wilton Barnhardt and Judith Grossman.
I’ve also worked as the editor for the Spanish and French websites of the antipoverty organization Oxfam America, and as an instructor in the International Development, Community & Environment (IDCE) Department at Clark University in Worcester, MA. I've lived in Cali, Colombia,
where I worked with a human rights foundation and in a bilingual
school. In
Argentina I worked with the Administración de Parques Nacionales and various conservation institutions on a comprehensive study of park
rangers and the politics of preserving nature in that country.
I live in rural
western Massachusetts with my compañera, Kiran Asher; Chloe
the giant poodle; two semi-feral cats (Maya, Blue); and a Florida
lake turtle
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