She writes many of her poems during her hour-long train ride to her job as Community Engagement Coordinator for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. She is committed to equity; love; social, environmental and economic justice; anti-racism accompaniment; and transformation through the creative process and accountability. Tricia is currently working on a collection of poems through which she intends to speak truth to the humanity in the powerful and life up the power in humanity, and is exploring community organizing through poetry. She grateful for and inspired by her fellow Bluegrass poets, her coworkers’ courage and integrity, and counts the late Ken Allen of the San Diego Zoo among her role models. Tricia lives in Morrisville, PA with her husband Joe, their children and menagerie, and adores them all. Lance Hood