Finding Your Story

Haley is a writer and educator. She is the lead teacher in the Finding Your Story project. Her work is published in Fractured Atlas, Oracle Fine Arts Review, Watershed Review, and more under the pen name H. M. L. Swann. She graduated with a master’s degree in Creative Writing from the University of Manchester in 2021 and completed Brink Literacy’s publishing internship in 2023. She was awarded a Write Hive mentorship with Brenda LaTorre in 2025. As an educator, she has taught in the U.S.A., Mongolia, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. Currently, she works as a writing tutor at Lake Superior College.

​Molly will co-facilitate the non-fiction courses and assist with the non-fiction content. She is a creative nonfiction writer and interdisciplinary social-ecological research scientist from Duluth, Minnesota. She writes about and studies the intersection of nature, humans, and health. Her creative work has been published in 1842 Review, Little Old Lady Comedy, She Explores, Brevity Blog, and more. Her essay “A Frayed Thread,” recieved 3rd place in the Hal Prize for creative nonfiction. She is currently working on a memoir about medical trauma, chronic illness, outdoor adventure sports, and what it really means to be healthy. Molly holds a PhD in water resources science from the University of Minnesota and has published over a dozen peer-reviewed articles on topics ranging from water quality to environmental justice. Molly facilitates Lake Superior Writers' Creative Nonfiction and Memoir writing group. When she's not reading or writing, you might find her practicing improv, puppeteering with Duluth-based puppet troupe Good Puppet Bad Puppet, or playing around on aerial silks. 

Jade will co-facilitate the poetry courses and assist with the poetry content. She’s a member of the Duluth Poetry Chapter and enjoys writing about human rights and civil rights. Jade is a UW-Superior alum and commissioner for the City of Superior for the Mayor’s Commission on Communities of Color.