Author’s Biography. Diane Dean-Epps graduated from California State University at Sacramento majoring in Communication Studies with a Broadcasting concentration, as well as double minoring in Business Administration and Dance. After a diverse and rewarding ten-year career in television broadcasting, she wended her way toward the educational arena, earning her Master of Arts in English and several publishing credits in the process, including her master’s thesis highlighting the work of author, Langston Hughes entitled, Changing the Exchange. Having spent over a decade teaching in a number of content areas, including English, History, and Multimedia Production, Dean-Epps recently returned to her first career love of media where she is enjoying her role as a Marketing Coordinator. Her numerous essays have appeared in a variety of periodicals, including MORE magazine (on-line), NPR’s, This I Believe, The San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento magazine, Atonal Press, Eye on Life, and The Union newspaper. Though her work has appeared in a plethora of periodicals she has several books in publication as well: Maternal Meanderings (Humor), Last Call (Humorous Mystery), KILL-TV (Humorous Mystery), I’ll Always Be There for You…Unless I’m Somewhere Else?! (Humor), and her current-work-in-progress Quiet Boundaries (Poetry).