Ryane Nicole Granados is a Los Angeles native who earned her MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University, Los Angeles. She has also attended the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference in Sicily, Voices of Our Nation Arts foundation (VONA), and the Squaw Valley Writer’s Workshop. Her work has been featured in various publications including Dirty Chai, Gravel, Role Reboot, For Harriet, The Manifest-Station, Mutha Magazine, and Specter Magazine. She teaches English at Golden West College and has authored a student success manual titled Tips from an Unlikely Valedictorian. Best described as a wife, writer, teacher, and mom who laughs loud and hard, sometimes in the most inappropriate of circumstances, she hopes her writing will inspire, challenge, amuse, and motivate thinking that cultivates positive change. More of her work can be found at her website or on Twitter @awriterslyfe.