Allison Mei-Li is a poet, mother, and speech-language pathologist living in Ventura County, CA. She reads poetry submissions for The Turning Leaf Journal and hosts poetry-centered events locally and online. Her work has appeared in anthologies, podcasts, and journals such as Rust & Moth, Coffee + Crumbs, MER Literary, Voicemail Poems, Ink & Marrow, and wildscape, among others. You can visit her at https://www.writtenbyallison.com/ or on Instagram @writtenbyallison.com