![]() ![]() The birth of her son did not slow the author down. She worked with the BBC on a production in the Philippines, joined an elementary school as a social worker, and even learned to faux finish walls. ![]() Her interests took her to countries like Italy, France, and Cuba. She nurtured a fascination with traditions and religions from other cultures. Blackwell wrote several articles during this period. At the State University of New York at Albany, she studied Anthropology. The author traveled quite a bit, visiting Mexico, Europe, and Central America. Blackwell was an artistic student whose creativity manifested in the books she read, paintings she produced, and languages she learned (French, Vietnamese, and Spanish). ![]() The author went to the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she pursued Latin American Studies. The orchards were disappearing by the time she left Middle School. She remembers raiding the orchards in the area on her way to and from kindergarten. ![]()
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