Marya Plotkin first went to Africa when she was 16, a teenager on an adventure, and those adventures became formative life lessons. Years later, she lived and worked in Tanzania, found a home and s...view moreMarya Plotkin first went to Africa when she was 16, a teenager on an adventure, and those adventures became formative life lessons. Years later, she lived and worked in Tanzania, found a home and started a family there. Now back in the U.S., she thinks and writes about what she learned. She lives in Chapel Hill, NC, with her two sons.view less