Valerie Neal, Mesa Community College
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Valerie Neal has called Arizona home since 1961. She has turned to creative writing in her senior years as a student at MCC. In previous years her Poetry submission won second and Essay won first at the National League of Innovation. She has had one poem published in Passages Journal.