One door closed and I thought, well, I'm going to open up a window of opportunity. So, I wrote to Dian Fossey. A month later, I get a letter back from Dian inviting us to Karisoke. I was so happy; I've never been so happy in my entire life.

Do you have a favorite author, artist, musician, or social justice icon who’s given you cause for hope and inspired you? As I write Voices from the Mist, The Last Days of Dian Fossey (working title), I’m reminded of some of the most inspirational people in my life, Leakey’s Trimates.