Deborah La Garbanza is a retired California public school teacher. She lives in a cottage in Oakland and writes fiction and memoir. Her work has appeared in online and in-print publications including Mayday Magazine, Birdland Journal, Harrington Lesbian Literary Quarterly, Identity Envy Wanting to Be Who We’re Not, and the upcoming issue of Sinister Wisdom. She often thinks about her former students and holds out the hope that they are happy.
