Hilary North is a native Long Islander and a full time North Fork resident. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Cornell University. She has also taken classes at The Art Students League, Women’s Studio Workshop, and Manhattan Graphics Center. Hilary’s artwork is in the collection of the New York Historical Society, the New York Public Library and the National September 11 Museum and Memorial. Hilary’s 9/11 survivor poem is part of the 9/11 collection at the Library of Congress.