About the Author

Nati Sefchick del Paso is a writer, counselor, and student of Community, Liberation and Indigenous Psychology. She was raised in Mexico by a Mexican mother and an American father.

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Del Paso moved to Reno, Nevada, in 2001, where she studied creative writing and managed the community college’s continuing education writing program and their annual writers’ conference.

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She was a counselor in the Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity at the University of Washington in Seattle and is now a faculty member at Portland Community College in Race, Indigenous Nations, and Gender Studies. 

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Del Paso weaves psychology and magic realism into suspenseful tales surrounding the immigrant experience, women, environmental, racial, and cultural identity issues. 

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She lives in Portland, Oregon, and Mineral del Chico with her husband, Vito de la Cruz, and their four dogs, Canela, Mota, Gualumbo, and Yoali. 

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