Far from family and her home country, Alissa explores ways to find inspiration, comfort and community even in long dead history. She lives and teaches in London with her husband and four children.

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I explore parenting, teaching, surviving by finding inspiration and mentors in things dead and gone.

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Alissa Mears

Alissa lives in London with her husband and four children. She teaches high school English, where she writes alongside her students and in other cracks she can find in the day.