Kelsey D. Mahaffey is a Certified Listener Poet Cohort 7 alum and Nashville poet who keeps half her heart in New Orleans. Her work can be seen in: Deep South Magazine, Pinch, and Cumberland River Review, among others. No Fault of Water is her debut chapbook.

Khaliah Johnson is a Certified Listener Poet Cohort 5 alum. Dr. Johnson’s particular career interests are in community-based pediatric care, health equity, healthcare advocacy, and developing strategies to improve access to high-quality palliative care services to marginalized populations.