ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tijanna O. Eaton is a former recidivist and homeless drug addict who has been clean and sober since 1994.  She is Board Chair of Five Keys Schools and Programs and has served on the Board since 2006, and was co-creator of a queer POC recovery conference in San Francisco the late 90s.

Tijanna was the 2015-17 POC Liaison to the International Ms. Leather competition and was on the QWOCMAP Board of Directors.  She has been a card-carrying member of the Exiles since 1998.​

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She moved to Oakland, CA in 2015 after 31 years in San Francisco.  She is mOm to her 36-year-old daughter, Grandma to her 11-year-old grandson, and N'Titi to her 2-year-old, the most beautiful toddler in the world.