Deanna Nikaido is the author of two collections of poetry, Voice Like Water (Word of Mouth Press, 2009) and Vibrating With Silence (Writers Lair Books, 2007) and holds a degree in Illustration from Art Center College of Design. She is a senior coach and design consultant for Bookinaday, a non profit hands-on literacy project that teaches students the fundamentals of creative writing, through poetry and book publication and is Maryland’s North and Western Regional Coordinator for the national recitation program, Poetry Out Loud. She is currently working on her first children’s book, a third collection of poetry and is a student of Jin Shin Jyutsu. http://www.deannanikaido.com