Emelihter Kihleng was born on Guam, and has spent much of her life moving back and forth between her native island of Pohnpei, Hawai'i (Honolulu) and Guam. She has an MA in English, Creative Writing from the University of Hawai?i at Manoa and spent the past year living and teaching ESL in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. She currently resides on Guam.