Christina Misite was born and raised in New England and currently resides in San Antonio, TX, with her husband and son. She received her M.A. in English from the University of Texas at San Antonio, where she was a two-time winner of the College of Liberal and Fine Arts Creative Writing Award, and the Wendy Barker Creative Writing Award. She has been a national finalist for the Ruth Lilly Fellowship, and her poetry has appeared in publications such as Crab Orchard Review, The Comstock Review, Borderlands, and Concho River Review.