Ava Serra (they/she) is a disabled, non-binary writer exploring the personal topics of disordered menstruation, displaced Boricua culture, abusive survival confessionalism, domestic sapphic joy, and cautionary eco-horror. In addition to an award from the Academy of American Poets and a 2023 Pushcart Prize nomination, their works have been published or are forthcoming in Salt Hill Journal, Jelly Bucket, Black Spot Books, NAILED, Open Minds Quarterly, Lavender Review, among others. They are a poetry student in the University of Maryland’s MFA program.