Kisha Borja-Quichocho-Calvo Author

Allison Adelle Hedge Coke descends from moundbuilders and is of Cherokee, Creek, Huron, Metis, French Canadian, Lorraine, Portuguese, Irish, English, and Scot ascendants. Raised in North Carolina, the Plains and Canada, she previously worked horses, fields, waters, and factories. A fellow of the Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities, Black Earth Institute (emeritus), Salon Ada, and The Center for Great Plains Institute. Brandy Nalani McDougall is a poet of Hawaiian, Chinese and Scottish descent from the island of Maui. An award-winning poet, she has published in journals and anthologies throughout Hawai‘i, the continental U.S. and the Pacific. Her first collection will be released in 2008. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in English from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. Kisha Borja-Quichocho-Calvo is a Chamoru writer, educator, activist, and mother from the village of Mangilao on the island of Guåhan, in the Mariana Islands. She is currently a PhD student in the Political Science graduate program (with a specialization in Indigenous Politics) at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Kisha’s creative, academic, and community work are inspired by her Chamoru culture and history, local politics, motherhood, and the love for her home(is)land.