A native of Nigeria, Mariagorretti E.O. Nobel became a U.S. citizen in 1996 in New York City, where she is a teacher’s assistant and has lived in the Bronx for fifteen years with her five children. She obtained her Associates in Accounting from Monroe College and her B.S. from lona College. Her work with children has inspired her to exercise her writing abilities, and she also enjoys singing and dancing in her spare time.