Benedetti, Donna

Donna Benedetti grew up in rural Petaluma, California. She earned a doctorate at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and has taught philosophy and worked at organizations committed to land conversation and injury prevention. She currently writes personal histories and poetry for children, and volunteers at an inner-city school where she teaches critical thinking and reading to first graders. Above all, she treasures her life in San Francisco with her soul mate, Sam Bloom. Al Johnsen grew up during the Depression in a Norwegian neighborhood of Queens, NY. After serving in the Army Air Cor...