Elaine Kinkead was born in Panama, with a rich inheritance of Celtic, Saxon, Norman, Spanish, and Indigenous South American cultural heritage from her ancestors.  With the spirit of an explorer and the reflection of a poet, she is a natural storyteller in both English and Spanish.  Well-travelled, Elaine found a bond with all people in the communality of human emotions.  She has lived and worked in the United States, in the State of Texas for the past thirty-seven years.