Janet Rodriguez is an author, teacher, and editor living in Northern California. In the United States, her work has appeared in Pangyrus, Eclectica, Cloud Women’s Quarterly, Salon.com, American River Review, and Calaveras Station. Rodriguez has also co-authored two memoirs, published in South Africa. Her work usually deals with themes of morality in faith communities and the mixed-race experience in a culturally binary world. She holds an MFA from Antioch University, Los Angeles. Follow her on Twitter at @brazenprincess.