Healy, Lorraine

A native of Argentina, Lorraine Healy is of Irish and Italian ancestry. She is the first poet to have received a green card soley on the merits of her work. She has published two chapbooks and was nominated for a Pushcart in 2004. Ms. Healy received her M.F.A. in Poetry from New England College, New Hampshire, and a post-M.F.A. from Antioch University, Los Angeles. She has long made her home on Whidbey Island, Washington, where she teaches poetry and works as a fine arts photographer.