Michelle Latvala is the author of Between Latitudes, published by Green Writers Press in March 2025. She is faculty for poet David Whyte's Institute for Conversational Leadership, served as Executive Director of Spirit Rock Meditation Center for a decade, and founded Insight Outside, which integrates writing and meditation programs in wild places. Michelle migrates thoughtfully between responsibilities in northern California and eastern Alaska--where she built a cabin at the same latitude her Finnish ancestors inhabited for centuries in the shared circumpolar boreal forest. Her offerings can be found at www.michellelatvala.com