About the Author
Irene Alexander has loved writing since her grade-school days. She received a double major in English and Spanish at Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri. Her first three years of teaching were spent in Mercedes, Texas, from where she attended church at Reynosa, Mexico. There she taught the children's Sunday-school class and played the music for church services. Irene continues to teach Spanish and shares the family farm with one dog and ten cats.