Jessi Jarrin
is a CSULB alumna with a BA in creative writing. Her poetry has appeared in the Santa Clara Review, ¡Pa'lante!, PSPoets, Dig Magazine, MadWomxn Magazine, Rice and Spice, and Prometheus Dreaming. Jessi serves as a staff writer for Antifragile and is the founder of "Grieving is Good for You," a virtual poetry workshop centered on the importance of expressing one’s joy and grief, launched early this year. Jessi hopes to soon pursue an MFA in creative writing and eventually teach at the college level. Jessi uses she/her pronouns.