Terri Glass

Terri Glass began her career in poetry education in 1989 when a friend, Kathy Evans, introduced her to California Poets in the Schools. She started teaching part-time and eventually became the Marin Area Coordinator and Teacher, growing the program during periods of strong arts funding before economic challenges reduced support. She later served as Program Director for the statewide organization, overseeing poet-in-residence programs, teacher trainings, and annual anthologies while organizing student poetry readings at local bookstores. With an undergraduate degree in biology and an MFA in Creative Writing in poetry and creative nonfiction earned in her late 50s, Glass is a published author of three books of poetry and two chapbooks of haiku, including A Bridge Between Worlds and Bean Animals. She has also worked as a nature writer and received a grant from Upstate California Creative Core for her Plea for Wildlife project, creating poems and wall hangings about endangered species displayed in her community. Now based in rural Del Norte County, California, she focuses more on writing while occasionally teaching and leading workshops, maintaining a passion for community-based literary arts.