Yaddyra Peralta’s essays and poems have appeared in SWWIM, Miami Rail, Ploughshares, Abe's Penny, Hinchas de Poesia, The Miami Herald, Eight Miami Poets (Jai Alai Books, 2015) and The Breakbeat Poets, Vol. 4: LatiNext (Haymarket Books, 2020). She has work forthcoming in Grabbed: Poets and Writers on Sexual Assault, Empowerment & Healing (Beacon Press, 2020). She has taught writing at Miami Dade College, Homestead Correctional Institution, and for O, Miami’s Sunroom project. Yaddyra is Associate Editor at Mango Publishing.