Judy Blankenship is an award-winning photographer, writer, and editor. She is the author of Ca�ar: A Year in the Highlands of Ecuador, and her photographic exhibition, The Ca�ari of Southern Ecuador, traveled to museums, universities, and cultural venues across the United States, Canada, and Ecuador. With Ca�ari colleagues, Blankenship has collaborated on several documentary projects with the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, including photographs, videos, audio recordings, and a bilingual Quichua-Spanish book.