Erika Martin, a graduate of University of Michigan-Dearborn, is a bilingual poet and writer from Dearborn Heights, Michigan. Ms. Martin has published in Facets, Lyceum, Macomb Daily, among others. She received the Wayne State University Otto Feinstein Award for excellence in writing, won the Golden Poet Award and is a winner of numerous other poetry contests. Ms. Martin's is currently working on a multi-cultural memoir about her life in three countries, Germany, Canada and the United States. Please send any correspondence to this address: erikamartin@wowway.com. Visit Erika's website at whitepineswordweaver.com.