Elisabetta “Betty” Bastai holds an MFA degree from Edinburgh College of Art and certificates in digital graphic art and video from Skagit Valley College. Her photos have been published in Orion, several national scuba diving magazines, and the Italian publications Il Grandevetro and Tuscany's Grapevine Magazine. A native of Italy, she now lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she has taken a position as a VISTA STEAM design specialist.