Susan Masuo | June Speaker

June 13th at 7pm PST
Redlands Church of the Nazarene
1307 East Citrus Avenue
Redlands, CA 92374

Succulents are more popular than ever, but beyond being versatile, beautiful, and low maintenance, these plants have a remarkable natural history and evolutionary course that has produced the remarkable adaptations that make them so desirable. Enjoy a brief exploration of the long legacy of our fascination with these plants.

Biography

Sandy Masuo is an editor, educator, author, and conservationist on a mission to enlighten and to inspire wonder in the world around us. She currently serves as the botanical content specialist at The Huntington. Prior to that she was the associate editor in the Los Angeles Zoo publications division for 18 years.  Before her zoo tenure, she was a staff editor for a number of music magazines and a freelance contributor to various publications, including the Los Angeles Times and the Boston Phoenix.

In 2016, she published her debut novel (as Rosana DuMas). Unnatural Selection: Life and Death on the Paper Trail is the story of a horticulturist/detective investigating the dubious death of a zoo docent.

She has taught fiction and business writing as well as a variety of classes from succulent gardening to bird watching at local community colleges. She holds a BA from Brown University and an Ed. M from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.