Arleen Solomon Rotchin grew up in Montreal and Miami Beach, where she majored in journalism at the University of Miami. She then studied photography and eventually received a Certificate in Phototherapy.
Her passion for photography led her to many projects—her portfolio on Old Age was published by Canada Camera. She also contributed her talent to two Montreal Colleges; having designed and taught a Youth Photo Program at Dawson and guest lectured at Vanier. During the International Child-Youth Care Conference, she was a panelist for a discussion on the Therapeutic-Creative value of Photography for kids in care.
She wrote three novels: Sam’s Will, her best-selling memoir; Zoo, where she combined her interests in phototherapy and writing, and The Duchess of Cypress.
