Monica's memoir, Practically Still a Virgin is based on her experience as a young girl who was born in Canada, adopted by American parents, and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. It was there where she spent the first sixteen years of her life and had many of the foundational experiences that drive her writing today. Monica's essays have been published by Women Writers, Women's Books and the Anchorage Press, and she is a member of a group for women writers. Her writing focuses on themes of identity, rebellion, self-doubt, and-most importantly-healing. She loves to write in the early morning hours when her world is quiet and her mind is open. Monica lives in Northern California and loves spending time with her family, including the biological family she discovered in Canada and the daughter she was reunited with eighteen years after relinquishing her for adoption.
