Andrea (Andi) M. Penner, an IWWG member for 3 years, recently retired from a long and varied career in college teaching, administration, technical writing, and editing. She’s also published two collections of poetry, When East Was North (2012) and Rabbit Sun Lotus Moon (2017). Andi has won teaching awards for her work at the University of New Mexico and San Juan College (also in New Mexico). Andi, who is passionate about sharing her expertise with and learning from the community of writers, lives and writes in Albuquerque, New Mexico and brings a Southwest flavor to her teaching and writing.