Bernice Koehler Johnson

Bernice Koehler Johnson has lived and taught English in Spain, Indonesia, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and Thailand. Presently she lives in Minnesota and Thailand. She speaks to church groups, school groups, and civic groups, talking about the plight of Shan refugees and raising money for projects her former students have initiated, such as teaching the English, Shan, and Thai languages to Shan refugee children.

See the following website for more information: www.ShanRefugeeSchools.org

Previous publications are in the fields of family memoir and poetry. "The Shan: Refugees Without a Camp" is her first book.