A native of Athens, Georgia, Kaelah Mickelle (www.kaelahmickelle.com) received her Bachelor of Music degrees in Music Education and Saxophone Performance from the University of Georgia in 2009. As a recipient of a School of Music Fellowship, she received her Master of Arts degree from the University of Iowa in 2012, having studied with world-renowned saxophonists Kenneth Tse and Eugene Rousseau. She has been writing poetry since she was 7 years old.