Participant Biographies and Project Descriptions

Sue Diaz
Sue is a nationally recognized journalist, having recently been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Her publishing credits include hundreds of essays and articles in regional and national publications such as Newsweek, Reader’s Digest, Family Circle, San Diego Union Tribune, Los Angeles Times and Christian Science Monitor. Sue holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in English and has taught High School English and Adult School. She is a frequent on-air essayist for National Public Radio, having won the “Year’s Best Radio Diaries” award three years in a row. After her son returned from two tours in Iraq, Sue wrote a series of columns for the Christian Science Monitor about his experiences. These essays won Sue her Pulitzer Prize nomination, and her son’s experiences prompted her to seek an avenue in which to help service men and women returning from the Iraq/Afghanistan wars.