Meet the Panelist:
Abby Paige (she/her) is a writer and theater artist of Frend-Canadian, Scottish, and English descent whose ancestors came to what is now Vermont from the north, through Quebec and l'Acadie, and from the south, via Massachusetts Bay Colony. Born and raised in Chittenden County, she is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada. For the past 15 years, Abby's creative work has often explored Franco-American history, the Quebecois and Acadian diasporas, borderlands, and identity. She is the Drama & Book Review Editor for the online Franco-American literary journal, Resonance, and the author of two Franco-American plays forthcoming in a bilingual edition from the University of Maine Press. Abby lives in Burlington with her family.