Before entering academia in 2007, she was a staff writer at The Oregonian, The Hartford Courant and the Los Angeles Times. Her first book, “The Four Words for Home” (Aquarius Press / Willow Books 2014), just became available on Kindle, as well as on dead trees. She is grateful to George for recruiting her to work at The Oregonian more than 20 years ago, and to photographer Laura Pohl, now a resident of Cape Town, for inviting her to Kigali last summer.