Allison Chen is a senior from Queen Creek, Arizona. She has been published or forthcoming publication in Paha Review, Canvas Literary Journal, Shine: Best Arizona Teen Writing of 2016, Brush Talks Magazine, The Writer's Slate, Coleridge Bulletin, and JUST POETRY!!!, the National Poetry Quarterly. Her work has been recognized by the Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards, Mount Mercy University, Skipping Stones Youth Honor Awards, The Friends of Coleridge, and the Live Poets Society of New Jersey.