A graduate from the University of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program and the recipient of Iowa’s Postgraduate Provost Fellowship, Amelia is an educator, writer, and mentor with many years of experience teaching literature and writing. While in Ohio, Amelia served as an Artist in Residence at the Wexner Center for the Arts’ Pages Program where she designed and taught integrative arts curriculum to high school English students. As a professor at the University of Iowa, Amelia has continued to pursue her passion for K-12 education by serving as a master teacher for the Advanced Studies Program at Saint Paul’s School during the summer, and—as a Buckley Fellow—by designing and teaching virtual writing master classes for students from The Buckley School in California. Amelia loves writing, reading, roller skating, hiking, and travelling. When she’s not working, she’s pursuing her dream of visiting all fifty states.