Emily Pérez is a granddaughter of Mexican immigrants and the author of House of Sugar, House of Stone (Center for Literary Publishing, 2016), as well as the chapbooks Made and Unmade (Madhouse Press, 2019) and Backyard Migration Route (Finishing Line Press, 2011). A CantoMundo fellow, she has published poems in journals including Cosmonauts Avenue, SWWIM, Copper Nickel, Poetry, Diode, and Fairy Tale Review, and she is a regular reviewer for RHINO. She teaches English and gender studies in Denver, where she lives with her husband and sons.