Eve West Bessier is a published author, jazz vocalist, voice and life coach. She is a Poet Laureate Emerita of Silver City, New Mexico. Eve is also a Poet Laureate Emerita of the City of Davis, California. Her current home town is Alamogordo, New Mexico. Eve was born in Holland, and immigrated to San Francisco with her mom at age seven. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English/Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, and a Master of Education from The University of California, Davis. Eve worked in educational research at UC Davis for eighteen years. She served as an Area Coordinator and teacher with California Poets for fifteen years, and still teaches writing workshops on occasion. Eve performs her unique mix of vocal jazz and original poetry at conferences, house concerts, art galleries, and other venues.