Andrea Ibáñez makes her home in Tucson, Arizona. She was trained as an anthropologist at Syracuse University and Duke University specializing in primate behavior and then worked as a public administrator with the City of Tucson. She has published scores of articles about travel, culture, history, and the Southwest for the Tucson Weekly, Valley Guide Quarterly, Tucson Guide Quarterly and The New York Times. She was the author of the chapters on Tucson and Southern Arizona in Fodor’s Arizona and Fodor’s USA guide. She enjoys walking in the desert, hiking and anything outdoors.