About the author

Vittoria Lawson Yaphe began writing poetry at age six, and began her public speech career at age eleven. Currently, she is a writer of poetry, academia, socio-political and economic philosophy. She holds many degrees, including two Magna Cum Laude Bachelor’s Degrees in political science and economics and business from Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, a Master’s in Business from Bellevue University, NE, and a Master’s in Diplomacy and International Commerce from Norwich University, VT. She inherently gravitates to intellectual thought, public policy issues, and social inequities, which extends equally to her passion of creating art within the use of words, speech, dramatics, music, and cultural travel. She has traveled the world to further understand the cultural, economic, political, and diplomatic norms of global nations and societies, and she has also traveled for humanitarian reasons.