Melissa Fadul is the author of the poetry “Pulse” which was published by Raw Earth Ink Press in 2023.  Her work has appeared in a wide array of anthologies and poetry journals.  In 2020, Negative Capability Press, gave her poem, Tattooist’s Needle, Jewish Museum, honorable mention in their Spring contest.  Melissa holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, and an MA from Queens College.  Melissa has been teaching for twenty-three years.  She serves as one of the founding English teachers at high school in New York where she teaches English Literature, a poetry workshop and Advanced Placement Psychology.  She lives in New York and can be contacted at: Melissafadul@gmail.com [2].