Monica E. Wall is a German-Mexican-American writer, artist, educator, and lifelong observer of systems people insist are working. Her career has crossed banking, business development, operations, and the classroom—usually finding opportunities where others do not think to look, and problems where others prefer not to.

The Chicken Manifesto grew from years of watching competence rewarded with more work and truth-tellers diagnosed with an attitude. When she is not counting eggs or documenting the coop, Monica creates art from overlooked objects and signs it M.E.—usually hidden somewhere in the details.