Stella Santamaría (’21) is an educator and writer in Miami, Florida. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from Saint Mary’s College of California, recipient of the School of Liberal Arts Dean’s Award. Her poetry has been recently published in Nine Mile Magazine, Pennsylvania English, The Brooklyn Review, Juked, Courtship of Winds and The Rumpus, among others. Recently nominated for Best New Poets 2021. Her poetry book, California Silence, semifinalist for the 2021 lighthouse poetry series by Cleveland State University Poetry Center. Stella was the Sandra Cisneros Fellow at Under the Volcano in 2021.