Emily Persichetti Schuster is a writer of poetry, lyric essays, and short fiction. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Poetry at the Naslund-Mann School of Writing at Spalding University, where she is also a Graduate Assistant on the social media team and a student reader for Good River Review. Emily lives in Athens, Georgia with her partner and their two kids. Besides reading and writing, her favorite things to do are drink coffee, make things out of yarn, and be in nature.