Rio L. Barney
Rio L. Barney has a bachelor’s degree in aviation science from Utah Valley University. Although she was classically trained as a pilot, she worked for years as a firefighter and an EMT. While spending most of her life in dangerous professions, she decided to take on the most dangerous job of all—raising children! Rio is willing to seek out new life and new civilizations and to boldly go just about anywhere, that is, until 7 pm or so. She spends her free time writing and trying to grow a veritable Garden of Eden, except in the desert and on water restrictions. Rio now resides in the land of her ancestors, Utah.