Michelle Penaloza grew up in Nashville, Tennessee and earned her MFA from the University of Oregon. Her work can be found in The Asian American Literary Review, INCH, Pinwheel, Great River Review, RHINO, New England Review, Hobart, Oversound, and TriQuarterly, among others. She is the recipient of fellowships and awards from the University of Oregon, Kundiman, Artist Trust, the Jack Straw Writers' Program, the Richard Hugo House, and Literary Arts, as well as scholarships from VONA Voices, PAWA (Philippine American Writers and Artists), Vermont Studio Center, the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference...