The author spent her childhood in Spain during the Spanish Civil War and the post war years that followed the war under a brutal dictatorship.
As an adult, and after four years in the US Navy, Mari...view moreThe author spent her childhood in Spain during the Spanish Civil War and the post war years that followed the war under a brutal dictatorship.
As an adult, and after four years in the US Navy, Maria graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia with degrees in nursing and nursing education followed by graduate and post graduate degrees in mental health education and counseling psychology. After teaching psychiatric nursing in Philadelphia, the author moved to New Mexico where she worked in mental health services for the Indian Health Service, and later worked for the University of New Mexico in the department of Emergency Psychiatry.
Now retired, Maria still lives in New Mexico with her horse.view less