I. Peaches Gillette

Peaches Gillette taught prose and poetry at College Initiative Upstate, a program that helps further the education of formerly incarcerated people. Her writing, and poetry readings take her beyond traditional walls; as an Ordained Chaplain she has introduced her craft into prisons and woman shelters, veteran hospitals, and schools.

Her degrees are from Empire State College and Fordham University, where she was nominated for a Fulbright Scholarship. She holds a B.S. in Education, and an M.S. in Pastoral Care and Counseling accumulating over 45 years of professional work.

She has organized and facilitated countless writing workshops having to do with creative expression, self reflection, grief, and racism. She has facilitated on both a national and local level.

Peaches has had poetry and essays published in private school journals in New York City, and in Tompkin County's local newspaper.

She has been the recipient of several grants from Poets and Writers, and Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County, Ithaca, New York.

Books: The Breadth of a Tree - Poems, Letters and Dreams. Walking the Land: Poetic Reflections of Family Farms, Watercolors by Tommy Beers.