Theresa Dietrich is an English teacher in Boston, Massachusetts, where she has the great joy of teaching 10th graders at Somerville High School. Theresa received a B.F.A. in creative writing from Brooklyn College. She will attend New York University’s MFA program in the fall of 2023 as the Writers in the Public Schools Fellow. This is her very first publication (and hopefully not her last)—you can follow her work on Instagram @trzajane and on her website: theresajanedietrich.com.