LISA COLL NICOLAOU, a graduate of Yale University, is a lifelong educator and writer. For many years she was a creative writing teacher at The Elisabeth Morrow School where she pioneered the school’s participation in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, resulting in over eighty regional and national awards. She was a recipient of a Scholastic Teaching Award and was named to the Educator Advisory Panel. Lisa serves as the coordinator of the Theater and Poetry Project program through the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College which brings poetry and live theater to the students of Paterson, NJ.