Sandra WassilieWriter, educator, and naturalist, Sandra Wassilie currently lives in Oakland, CA. She has served as managing and poetry editors for the literary journal Fourteen Hills, and cofounded the Bay Area Generations Reading Series. Her work appears in the chpbook, Smoke Lifts, and in the anthologies: Peace Within, Writing Without Walls, sPARKLE & bLINK, Naked Bulb, and Civil Liberties United. Wassilie is a recipient of the Ann Fields Award and the Celestine Award for poetry. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University.Born in San Francisco, Wassilie grew up in Alaska. She worked in adult basic and vocational education for over 25 years. She developed and managed literacy programs for Alaska Native organizations and the state Alaska Vocational Technical Center. She started a technical writing business, High Tide Writing, and developed curriculum related to Yup'ik and Sugpiaq cultures of Alaska.Wassilie returns frequently to visit Alaska where she has family. She used to mush dogs, cross-country ski, and run in mountain footraces. Now she takes walks and studies trees Read More Read Less