Role: Author

Micheline Aharonian Marcom was born in Saudi Arabia and raised in Los Angeles. She works as a counselor in the Upward Bound program, a federally funded college-preparatory program for low-income high school youth, and lives in northern California.

Metaxe was born under the sign of Capricorn. She was orphaned at an early age and grew up in an orphanage in Gyumri. She has published more than twenty books of poetry.