Patricia Decker serves as a Grant Writer for Sponsored Projects across the Dietrich School, working with programs to develop, review, edit, and format grant proposals and related documents. She comes from a background in education, grants management, and professional writing and has worked in Europe, South and Central America, Southeast Asia, and Japan. She has a master’s degree in Professional Writing from Chatham University and a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Spanish from Coe College. When not working, you’ll find her learning to play folk instruments, studying languages, traveling, camping, or spending time outside with her three children.