Bobbie Willis Soeby

Bobbie Willis Soeby is a Eugene, Oregon writer and high school teacher who is also a mother of two sons. She grew up in Southern California, and her parents are from American Samoa, where she taught after college. Her essays for Oregon Humanities cover raising sons, race and identity, and pandemic-era life. She has contributed several essays to Oregon Humanities magazine and its online section, including 'Being Brown' (2013), 'Making Men' (2016), and 'Heavy' (2020). Her 2016 essay on raising sons to not rape was also discussed on WNYC's Think Out Loud.