Sandra Noel

Sandra Noel grew up on the east coast and moved

to Washington State with her son Summers over 25

years ago, falling in love with its temperate rainforests,

mountains and waterways. She lives with her husband

Bill and running buddy Archie the Mini-Schnauzer

on Vashon Island in the shadow of Mount Rainier.

Here, as an environmentalist, Buddhist, artist and distance

runner, she finds inspiration, solitude and miles of trails.

While living on this island, she found another in Indonesia,

in the course of helping the Alliance for Tompotika (ALTO),

a nonprofit conservation organization working in eastern Sulawesi.

She contributes her artistic and design skills in the development

of community education and fund-raising projects for ALTO

and has had the opportunity to teach art and ecology workshops

for young people in the region.

Her poems have appeared in Paradigm, Barnwood International

Poetry Magazine, ProtestPoems, Pontoon, Buddhist Poetry Review,

Outside In Literary and Travel Magazine, Elohi Gadugi Journal

and others, and chapbook intitled, "The Gypsy in my Kitchen",

Finishing Line Press.