Mark Allen Sherman of Pasadena, California is a biochemist (PhD) and prominent string figure enthusiast. [1] His editing and writing led to the publishing of Kwakiutl String Figures by Julia Averkieva, "the most comprehensive Native American string figure collection ever assembled from a single tribe," (or nation) the Kwakwaka'wakw. [2] He founded ISFA Press in 1993, [3] co-edited and illustrated String Figure Magazine from 1996 to 2005, [4] and has been editor of the Bulletin of the International String Figure Association, which he founded, since 1994. [5]