Barbora is a poet and student whose work explores identity through physical imagery and the quiet tension of performance. When she isn’t at her desk, she is usually on the ice playing hockey or coaching the next generation of women and youth players. Her writing has been recognized with an Honorable Mention from the Scholastic Writing Awards (2022/2023), and she was a Beals Poetry Prize finalist in 2023. Barbora also won her high school senior spring poetry contest and thrives at the