SILVIA FOTI, an award-winning investigative journalist and English teacher, holds master’s degrees in journalism, education, and creative nonfiction. She has been published in the Chicago Tribune, Crain’s Chicago Business, L.A. Parent, Dappled Things, Southtown Economist, Southwest News Herald, Buenos Aires Herald, Argentine News, and Salon.com. Fluent in Lithuanian, English, and Spanish, she lives near Chicago.