"A Light to Do Shellwork By is a collection of poems depicting culture, family relationships, and spirituality in Native California today. The author, Georgiana Valoyce-Sanchez, is a descendant of Islander and Coastal Chumash Peoples from her father's lineage, and O'odham (Akimal and Tohono) from her mother's lineage. She is currently an enrolled member of The Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation and chair of the Chumash Women's Elders Council for the Wishtoyo Foundation"--