Sandra E. Bonura is a historian, researcher, and writer. A retired professor of education and school counseling, she is the author of Empire Builder: John D. Spreckels and the Making of San Diego (Nebraska, 2020), Light in the Queen’s Garden: Ida May Pope, Pioneer for Hawai‘i’s Daughters, and An American Girl in the Hawaiian Islands: Letters of Carrie Prudence Winter, 1890–1893.
Author's website: https://www.sandrabonura.com/