Lin Flores (they/she) lives and works in Boston, MA as a full-time Admissions and Advocacy Manager. They are an MFA candidate in Poetry at the University of New Orleans and a submissions reader for Bayou Magazine. Lin won the Andrea Saunders Gereighty / Academy of American Poets Award in both 2023 & 2024. Additionally, Lin became a poetry fellow with Roots. Wounds. Words. in 2024 under the tutelage of Paul/Paula Tran. When Flores isn’t writing, she is volunteering her time with Plumas Colectiva, a collective of Latinx poets & artists. Her debut poetry collection, Reflections While Living in Utah, was a bestseller for both 2021 & 2022 at Under The Umbrella—Salt Lake City's local LGBTQ+ bookstore. You can read Lin's work on Poets.org, Lesbians Are Miracles, Latinx Lit Mag, Moist, Pile Press, and UNO's Ellipsis.