Adelaide Literary Award for Best Essay FINALIST for 2017
Excerpt STRINGS IN OUR HANDS: A Memoir for my Community of Teachers I sat on Oscar’s front step in Guatemala, holding his daughter after her first birthday party. After almost three years of Peace Corps working together in his elementary school and a few months in to a stint at an international school nearby, I was automatically invited to all family gatherings. Galy was Oscar’s third child and first girl. I was dressed in my guipil, a bright blue traditional blouse with
