Angie Trudell Vasquez received her MFA in poetry from the Institute of American Indian Arts.. In 2016, she was a poetry panelist at Split This Rock! Her poems have been published in Yellow Medicine Review, Raven Chronicles, San Diego Poetry Annual 2015-2016, Subtle Forces and Return to the Gathering Place of the Waters. She was nominated for a Pushcart for “The Making of the Latina Monologues.” Vasquez has self-published two collections of poetry through Art Night Books, The Force Your Face Carries and Love in War Time.