Marcy Rae Henry

Marcy Rae Henry is a Latina/e born and raised in Mexican-America/The Borderlands.  While on deferment from Columbia Law School she lived in Europe, where she took classes at la Universidad de Granada, and Asia, where she earned certification for Ancient Thai Massage in Kathmandu, Nepal.  After riding a motorcycle through Greece, Turkey, Syria and Jordan (at times presenting as a boy), she volunteered for Middle East Peace Process activities in Israel/Palestine.  She has studied Buddhism in centers from Bodhi Manda Zen Center in Jemez, New Mexico to Chanmyay Yeiktha in Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar), The November Retreat at Kopan Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal and El Centro de Meditación de Vilcabamba, Ecuador.  In India, where she lived for a couple of years, she studied at the Tushita Meditation Centre and received teachings and initiations from His Holiness, The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. M.R. Henry teaches at Wright College Chicago, a Hispanic Serving Institution, where she serves as Coordinator of the Latin American Latino/x Studies Program and received Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society’s 2023-2024 Outstanding Educator Award.  She has participated in multidisciplinary events, experiments, conferences and festivals across the U.S. and Asia. Her visual art appears in Santa Fe Literary Review, Waxwing, Arkana, The William & Mary Review, Mom Egg Review, Cauldron Anthology and Thimble Magazine.