Aleta George (’05,’10) is the author of Ina Coolbrith: The Bittersweet Song of California’s First Poet Laureate (Shifting Plates Press, 2015). She graduated with honors from San Francisco State University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in geography. Aleta writes about nature and culture in California, and her articles and essays have appeared in Smithsonian, High Country News, Bay Nature, and several travel anthologies.