Colleen Hennessy is a graduate of Stonecoast MFA at the University of Southern Maine, where she studied creative nonfiction writing, and taught writing and research to social work undergraduates. She also holds a MA in community development from the National University of Ireland, Galway and a BA in political science from Tufts University. She has authored contributions to two books: A Living Countryside: The Politics of Sustainable Development and Catholic Women Speak. She is currently working on a nonfiction book about her experience of motherhood and immigration in Ireland.