Elyce Jenkins is from San Diego, California. After serving six years in the Marine Corps Reserves, she attained a Bachelor of Arts in English from San Diego State University. She is an impassioned reader and writer and loves introducing her students to the potential that literature has to validate human experience and to inspire us. She spends her free time outside where you will usually find her surfing her favorite breaks or hiking her favorite trails with her husband and their dogs Duke and Dusty.