Liz is a writer and teacher living in Arlington, Virginia.  She holds a BA from The Evergreen State College, an MA in English from the University of Virginia, and an MFA in creative writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts.  Her essays and poems have appeared in  Cold Mountain Review, Carolina Quarterly, Ekprhasis, and elsewhere.  In 2016, Finishing Line Press published her chapbook of prose poems Reading Girl–an ekphrastic exploration of the work of Henri Matisse.  For two years, she served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kyrgyzstan, where she met and married her husband.  Liz taught college writing and literature for over six years and currently teaches ESOL and writing in the Washington, D.C. area.  Her interests in culture, art, language, and nature have taken her to Mexico, East Africa, Western Europe, St. Petersburg, and Istanbul.  You can contact her at lizsgpaul@gmail.com