Erber, Nancy: - Nancy Erber grew up in Jamaica, Queens where her father lovingly tended a small vegetable and flower garden in their mostly paved backyard. As a college and graduate student, she studied abroad in France and Germany, earned a PHD in Romance Languages from Cornell University and completed a second MA in Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) at Hunter College, CUNY. She taught in adult education programs as a volunteer and became a professor at LaGuardia Community College, CUNY, teaching linguistics, French, and ESL. She also served as the chapter chair of the faculty-staff union at LaGuardia and as chair of the Language and Education department. Now retired, she works on freelance writing, editing, proofreading and translation projects.