Sarah A. Chavez, a mestiza born and raised in the California Central Valley, is the author of the chapbook, All Day, Talking published by Dancing Girl Press (Dancing Girl Press, 2014) and Hands That Break & Scar (forthcoming, Sundress Publications, 2017). She holds a PhD in English with a focus in poetry and Ethnic Studies from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. Her work can be found or is forthcoming in Whitestag Press, Connotation Press, The Pittsburgh Poetry Review, The Boiler Journal, So to Speak: Feminist Journal of Language and Art, among others. Her manuscript, This, Like So Much, was an Honorable Mention for the 2013 Quercus Review Press Poetry Book Contest. A selection from her chapbook manuscript All Day, Talking won the Susan Atefat Peckham Fellowship in 2013. She is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Marshall University where she teaches creative writing, Ethnic American literature, and is the interim coordinator for the A.E. Stringer Visiting Writers Series. Sarah is a proud member of the Macondo Writers Workshop.