Leslieann Hobayan is a poet, essayist, activist mom, and host of the podcast, Spiritual Grit, a show about spirituality and activism. Her chapbook, Divorce Papers: A Slow Burn is out from Finishing Line Press and her poetry manuscript, Jeepney Girl: An Archipelago, was a finalist for the Trio House Press Open. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize and a 2018 Best of the Net, her work has appeared in The Rumpus, Aster(ix) Journal, The Grief Diaries, The Lantern Review, The Mom Egg Review, The World I Leave You: Asian American Poets on Faith and Spirit, and elsewhere. A VONA alum, she has been awarded fellowships from the Vermont Studio Center, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and artist grants from Community of Writers and the Bread Loaf Orion Environmental Writers Conference. Currently teaching at Rutgers University, she’s also a spiritual mentor for women of color, a yoga and meditation teacher, a tarot reader, and facilitates sacred healing circles for people of color.