Nanette Pawelek earned a BA in English and Literature from the Utah Valley University, an MA in Cultural Analysis from the Universiteit van Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and an MA in Comparative Literature from the University of California Santa Barbara.She has previously taught English/ Literature, Film, and German courses at the University of California, Santa Barbara; for UMUC on Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo; on Joint Base Balad in Iraq; in Kandahar, Afghanistan; and at Camp Marmal in Afghanistan.