Yana has been an environmentalist since childhood. She is a native Californian and lives in the home her parents built in 1950. Her passions, other than nature loving, are writing, drawing, painting and making things. She loves to make books. It's been kind of a hobby of hers since she wrote her first book report in 2nd grade. She has 2 Master's Degrees (almost 3), and that should be enough for now.