Nora is a writer, creative writing teacher, and editor. Her writing and travel lives have continued to intertwine, via a pilgrimage to Rumi’s tomb and an art residency in Istanbul, and through receiving a literary grant that took her for six months to East Africa. There she volunteered with two HIV/AIDS NGOs: a developing ecovillage in Kenya and a women-led community activist group in Tanzania. An advocate for sustainability, she has apprenticed in organic farming and gardening at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, and eco-traveled in Hawaii, New Mexico, and Costa Rica. www.noraboxer.com