Lessons in Hope: A New Era for Maasai Women in Tanzania

Cutler, Juliet: - Juliet Cutler is a writer and exhibit designer for museums, parks, and cultural centers around the world. In 1999 and 2000, Juliet lived in Tanzania, where she taught English at the first school for Maasai girls in East Africa. She recounts her experiences during those years in her award-winning first book, Among the Maasai. Twenty-five years later, she illustrates the positive impacts of education on Maasai women in her second book, Lessons in Hope. Juliet regularly returns to Tanzania to support causes that uplift Maasai women and girls. She currently lives with her husband, Mark, near Atlanta.