Barbara Perez earned her MFA from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. She teaches at Northwest Vista College and works as founding editor for Abject Press. She has received a Pushcart nomination, a scholarship to The Center for Book Arts and the Harold F. Taylor Prize given by the Academy of American Poets. Her poetry has appeared in American Letters & Commentary, Bateau, Lumberyard, Ploughshares, Poetry and The Massachusetts Review.
