Lucianna Chixaro Ramos is a Brazilian-born writer and the author of Cells (Burrow Press, 2023), a poetry collection that explores the intersections of language, law, and institutional power. Her focus is now on nonfiction, with her most recent essay, "Fortunes," appearing in Electric Literature. Lucianna holds an MFA from Stetson University’s MFA of the Americas, where she taught a course on the poetics of immigrant communities in the U.S. She is passionate about creating supportive spaces for writers and co-founded the Porto Writers' Workshop in 2022. For more information, visit luchixaro.com.

Maureen P. Medina is a writer, healing practitioner, and facilitator of safe, generative spaces. Author of My Fears Out Loud, she hosts open mics and generative writing workshops that incorporate somatic practices, and provides mental health trainings with a focus on anti-carceral resources. Her movement is informed by her belief that all oppression - and therefore, all liberation - is connected. She invites us to bear witness to ourselves and the world at large to heal individually and collectively. Aside from her writing and mental health advocacy, Maureen also works to bring ingredients grown at Horta Harmonia to life, a zero-waste food garden in Ovar, Portugal, focused on food sovereignty.