Erin Sweeten is a Program Manager for the Innovation Lab at the University Innovation Alliance. She earned an MA in the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University, and has since developed a career that includes writing, teaching, instructional design, project coordination, and technical expertise. She is equally happy curled up on the couch with a good book or splashing through a creek at the bottom of a canyon. Erin is also a returned Peace Corps Volunteer who served in Benin, West Africa as an English teacher.