Her background reveals a long acquaintance with Emily Dickinson and her works. She also possesses a superb grasp of the meanings and nuances of English words. As witness, she is the contributing author of the department in this journal titled “What’s in a Word?” She first heard about Joseph Smith when she was a fifth-grader living on the island of Okinawa. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the end of her high school years after ditching chemistry class and happening into an LDS church building to pray, whereupon she met the custodian and the first counselor in the local bishopric. It is her fondness for the Book of Mormon, her literary skills, and her willingness to pay close attention to good writing that made her an attractive candidate to serve as an associate editor for the Journal.