Katie Slezas lives in Lowell, Massachusetts, perched in a restored mill that is anchored alongside the banks of the Merrimack River. She earned an Associate’s degree in Liberal Arts at Middlesex Community College, an English degree from Wellesley College in 2011, and an MFA from Bennington College in 2014. She is currently piecing together a memoir. Her work has been published in Middlesex Magazine, the Voices Project, the Citron Review, and the James Franco Review.