Nadia Misir is a poet who would rather paint than write. Born, raised, and still living in South Ozone Park, Queens, she posts more on Instagram than she submits to literary journals. Her writing has been published in Poetry, Kweli, Papercuts, The Margins, Dear Mag, and QC Voices. Her creative practice has been supported by fellowships and residencies from the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Louis Armstrong House Museum, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, and Queens College, CUNY’s QCVoices. She has facilitated writing workshops in collaboration with South Asian Feminism(s) Alliance, Queens Memory, Reimagine, Five Boro Story Project and others.