San Gabriel Valley Cactus and Succulent Society

Program: Succulent Superstars
Succulents are more popular than ever, but beyond being versatile, beautiful, and low maintenance, these plants have a fascinating natural history and evolutionary course that has produced the remarkable adaptations that make them so desirable.

Short Bio: Sandy Masuo is an editor, educator, author, and conservationist on a mission to enlighten and to inspire wonder in the world around us. She currently serves as the botanical content specialist at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Prior to that she was the associate editor in the Los Angeles Zoo publications division for 18 years.

In 2016, she published her debut novel (as Rosana DuMas). Unnatural Selection: Life and Death on the Paper Trail is the story of a horticulturist/detective investigating the dubious death of a zoo docent.
She has taught fiction and business writing as well as a variety of classes from succulent gardening to bird watching at local community colleges. She holds a BA from Brown University and an Ed. M from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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