Bette Blaydes Pegas has always been fascinated by the natural world, and particularly by the life and work of Charles Darwin. Her new memoir, Chasing a Dream in the Galapagos: A Personal Evolution, unites her two passions: writing and nature. A grant writer and educational associate in Sanchez & Associates, Pegas lives with her husband in El Cajon, California where she is working on a collection of short stories.