Crystal Reyes is a Latinx essayist & poet native to Houston and works as an educator. She is a graduate candidate at Bay Path University, working on her MFA in Creative Nonfiction, and an alumni with Community Literature Initiative. Her debut poetry collection, Wildflower Blooming was released in Spring of 2024. Her personal essays & other writings have been featured in Hip Latina, Entre Magazine, Voyage LA, Text Power Telling & other literary magazines and anthologies. She has received support from the following literary organizations: The Kenyon Review and The Writer’s Center. You can follow her work at @Crisreyeswrites