Barry Cochran reads and writes in St. Johns, Portland, Oregon, Cascadia with his spouse Montana, and beloved dog, Austin. He enjoys mindfulness practices, bicycling, camping and hiking, good books, and visiting other interesting places. He likes to eat experimentally and enjoys trying to educate his nieces to broaden their horizons beyond chicken strips. Barry is from a family of educators and has taught many different subjects. Barry has lived in Wichita, Kansas; Amarillo, Texas; Dallas, Texas; Austin, Texas, and now resides in Portland, Oregon. 

Barry Cochran has taught in public, private and universities for seventeen years, teaching AP English Literature, Senior, Junior, Sophomore, and Freshman high school English, English Language Learners, coaching Speech and Debate, college American History, college MS Office for Business majors, summer writing for middle school students and an ACT-SAT Prep class.

As a citizen and an educator, Barry Cochran has involved himself in civic engagement, sustainability, technology, social justice, diversity, and community outreach. In addition to being a reader, Barry is also an avid music fan who enjoys attending live shows. 

If you are looking for Barry Cochran, you might find him teaching classes, talking with his son over video chat, dogwalking #AustintheBeagle in Pier Park, firebuilding on a Pacific Northwest beach, camping in the forests, cycling in an organized or disorganized ride, mindfully attempting to be mindful, practicing (emphasis on practice) yoga, sharing a cup of tea, guzzling coffee from his neighborhood coffee shop, learning in a social justice study group, acting in solidarity, waiting for the bus or train, eating something he’s never eaten before, eating somewhere he’s never eaten before, co-conspiring with marginalized populations, reading, obsessively organizing, riding transit, eating while walking, resisting, taking a photo of something cool, on a walking tour of interesting parts of the city, visiting a museum, going to the farmers market, camping in the woods, waking up too early, waking up too late, reading, writing, checking out new technology, wasting time on social media, trying to fix Alice the Roomba, or thinking about the future.

Education: West Texas A&M (BA, MA)
Employment: Educator in Portland, Oregon
Interests: Reading, Writing, Cycling, Urban LIfe

Great artists live indefinitely. They write stories and turn them to melodies. I think we're all just looking for harmony in life. In love. So when I write I'm painting the way my eyes see, I'm singing how my ears hear, knowing for sure I'm only beginning to sync my senses to the unwavering truth of reality. Knowing that, as fantastic fantasy is, I strive not to find purpose in the illusion of deceit.
I make music for the souls who thought they were damned. I make music for people who are growing in their faith but also in the way they hear and see the world. My name is Zoya Maverick. I'd call myself an artist, but truly truly im an author. A writer. A person. And I believe my super power is being human. What's yours?

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