Diane Jacks Saunders, a Lebanese-American, is an award-winning journalist who has worked more than three decades for community newspapers. With no formal training in journalism, sh...view moreDiane Jacks Saunders, a Lebanese-American, is an award-winning journalist who has worked more than three decades for community newspapers. With no formal training in journalism, she carved out a career as a writer, editor and photographer while raising three children as a single parent in Indiana. Diane believes lessons learned as a child in an ethnic family prepared her for a career as a journalist. After raising her children, Diane relocated to southeast Arizona to escape the harsh Indiana winters. As a resident of the Southwest, Diane was introduced to "cowboy poetry" and self-published a limited-edition cowboy poetry book. Diane and her husband Charles "Chuck" Saunders live in the mountains on a small ranch with horses, dogs, cats, a burro and a pot-bellied pig named Pork Chop.view less