Colleen Haggerty is a writer of memoir and personal essay. She has contributed to four anthologies: The Spirit of a Woman, He Said What? (penned as Colleen Robinson), Dancing at the Shame Prom, and Beyond Belief. After Colleen lost her leg at seventeen years old she found herself feeling marginalized. She developed a deep empathy for and desire to help others living on the fringe of society, which led to her twenty year career in non-profit management. Mentoring others is a way of life for Colleen and was especially true when she worked as executive director for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Washington. She is an inspiring public speaker and was a speaker at the 2013 Bellingham TEDx event where she talked about the power of forgiveness. She is an avid collager and, as a cancer survivor herself, facilitates SoulCollage™ workshops at the local cancer center. Colleen writes about walking through life as an amputee at www.colleenhaggerty.com. She makes her home in Bellingham, WA with her husband and two teenagers.