Amy Orazio received her MFA in Creative Writing at Otis College of Art and Design. Her work has appeared in The Rumpus, Ruminate Magazine, Fathom Magazine, Bitterzoet, Gap Tooth, Pidgeonholes, Synasesthesia, Chaparral, and The Curator, as well as a limited-edition letterpress chapbook from Archteype Press (under her maiden name Amy Neilson). Her first collection of poetry, called Quench, debuted Spring of 2018. Amy lives in the uncool part of Portland, Oregon with her husband and two young sons. She will probably go back to teaching after her sons learn to take naps.