Joanna Dasher

Joanna (Jo) Dasher is a freelance writer in Savannah, Georgia. She was previously executive director at a literacy nonprofit called The Deep Center (deepkids.com) before leaving to pursue writing full-time. After graduating from West Point with a B.S. in political science in 2006, Jo served for five years in the active-duty Army, including two combat tours in Afghanistan as an ordnance platoon leader and member of a provincial reconstruction team in Ghazni province. She separated from the Army in 2011 as a captain. Jo authors a column for the Savannah Morning News about local public education, and is currently at work on a collection of short stories.