Tom Meyer , aside from his amazing family of five humans, two dogs, three cats, two donkeys, ponies, horses, and chickens, is a founding director of the Hudson Valley Writing Project and a professor at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Samantha Mossman (Sam) is a long-time participant in HVWP programs. Her participation started in 2019 as an ECLI fellow and then later in 2023 as a YRI fellow. Sam has co-facilitated ECLI since 2024. Mary Sawyer is a founding director of the Hudson Valley Writing Project. In 2021, she retired from her work as Associate Professor and Coordinator of SUNY New Paltz’s undergraduate and graduate programs in Adolescent Education-English. She still enjoys writing, especially with the support of a writing community. Lisa Stewart participated in the ECLI from 2019-2020. She now homeschools her two children and recently self-published her first book. Sarah Wheeler teaches writing for the Bard Prison Initiative, as well as English and Education courses for SUNY New Paltz. She joined HVWP’s Leadership in the Teaching of Writing in 2024 and enjoys working as a teacher consultant in schools throughout the Hudson River Valley.
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