Catherine Raven earned her BA in Botany/ Zoology at UM and served as a backcountry ranger during summer and fall at Mt. Rainier National Park. She graduated with a UM President's Recognition Award for Biological Sciences, and completed her Ph.D. in biology at Montana State University. Her nonfiction story, St Ex.'s Boa, is the first chapter of a book length manuscript she completed in the last year. Catherine was a participant in the Tin House Writer's Workshop led by Nick Flynn from Tin House in Portland, OR, and Steve Almond from Lighthouse Writer's Workshop based in Denver, CO. Catherine is looking forward to attending the Montana Book Festival this Fall. Read St. Ex's Boa.