Katie Karnehm-Esh, Ph.D, is an Ohio native and recent transplant to Nevada. She did her masters and doctoral work in creative writing at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. After teaching undergraduate English in Indiana for sixteen years, she is now the Humanities Center Coordinator for Great Basin College in Elko, Nevada, where she lives with her husband, two dogs, and a cat. As a creative nonfiction writer, yoga teacher, and runner, her research interests coalesce around bodies and landscapes, particularly spiritual, environmental, and travel writing. Her writings have been published in many literary journals, including Fourth Genre, The Whale Road Review, The Englewood Review, and Windhover. She is the creative nonfiction editor for Relief Journal.