Donna J. Watson is the editor of LAVANDERÍA: A Mixed Load of Women, Wash and Word. Her poetry and fiction has appeared in magazines and anthologies such as Catalyst, Sunshine Noir, Nommogeneity, and Hunger and Thirst. Performance work includes JAZZOETRY, Incidents in the Life of a Free Gyrl, LAVANDERÍA and Uncommon Grounds. She teaches writing at San Diego City College. At night she dreams of her farm in Bucks County, PA, looking at the mountains, writing and cultivating food for her family and community.