About the Author

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Teresita Lourdes Perez teaches English composition courses at the University of Guam and is the president of the Guam-based writing organization, Ta Tuge' Mo'na. She has also co-edited several publications including, Kinalamten gi Pasifiku: Insights from Oceania; Storyboard: A Journal of Pacific Imagery; and the University of Guam's Undergraduate Research Journal. She loves her child, her mother, her friends, her dogs and cats, her work, and her secrets.