Heather Carreiro Wins IFWTWA Award

Heather entered an essay first published on Matador, “Cooking in Lahore: An American Woman in a Pakistani Kitchen.” Allen Cox, the Excellence Awards Committee Chair of the IFWTWA wrote, “Heather brings her contact with another culture vibrantly alive and tells the story of her friendship of a Pakistani woman with humor and heart.”

As the winner of this year’s scholarship, Heather receives:

– A one-year IFWTWA membership
– Her article published in Global Writes
– And complimentaryattendance at IFWTWA’s Annual Conference at Sea

Her experiences living in Pakistan have influenced her writing in other ways, too. Heather is currently pursuing an MA in English, and is working on her thesis, “When Potential ‘Terrorists’ Become the Terrorized: Engaging Post 9/11 America through South Asian Literature and Film.”

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Read more of Heather’s writing here on Matador.