I've always lived in the Youngstown area. I earned both a BA and an MA in English from YSU, where I've been teaching as a part-time faculty member in the English Department for many years. My husband, Jim Canacci and I are proud to say that all four of our grandfathers worked in the steel mills that built this city. Jim and I have two clever and amazing daughters, Miranda and Gillian. We're members of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Youngstown, and I recently joined the Board of Directors of the Oakland Center for the Arts
