Ana Braga-Henebry

Ana Braga-Henebry grew up the seventh of ten children in Rio de Janeiro. She has an art degree from the St. Teresa d'Avila College, Brazil and a M.A. in Humanities/Aesthetic Studies from The University of Texas at Dallas.

Together with her husband Geoff, a scientist and professor at a major state university, she raised seven children who today are college/graduate students, a Marine Corps officer, a Norbertine sister, a musician and a computer engineer. She has taught NFP and has written Catholic plays for children, as well as articles and features for national Catholic periodicals. Ana is the author of the Catholic Textbook Project workbooks, and wrote the chapter on Geography in the the book "Why Should I Learn This?" (edited by Maureen Wittman, 2015). She has been a book reviewer for 20+ years for various sites including Amazon.com and, a very occasional poet, was awarded a national poetry prize from the Catholic Daughters of the Americas.

Her book "Jerome JeJeune: The Saintly Geneticist" is available from books.wordonfire.org.