(Antonia Love) Toni Huffman, grew up in Houston, Texas. Now, living in the Ozarks for 20 years, she is enjoying adventure and nature. She was an educator for 36 years, still a world traveler and now retired, focusing on completing writing projects. President: Ozark Mountain Poets (branch of PRA). Recent publications: poems in e-Merge Magazine, 2023-2024, SLANT Magazine, 2023. Won 2023 Woody Barlow Poetry Prize, nominated for Pushcart Prize. Poem in Spring 2024, Cantos: A Literary Journal.