Melanie Quetone Hensold

Melanie Quetone Hensold has been fascinated by storytelling her whole life. She has spent decades studying stories, both oral and written, and contemplating the dynamic relationship between language and worldview through earning a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts and Literature from Augsburg University, teaching high school English, writing her clients’ narratives for their discrimination cases as a Paralegal, and researching the stories of her Cherokee, Kiowa, and European lineages. Melanie lives in Minnesota with her spouse and two kids.