Mariela Hernandez is an incoming freshman at the University of Washington. She completed her AA at Wenatchee Valley College, where she took a poetry class with Derek Sheffield. She enjoys creative activities and listening to music during her free time.
Derek Sheffield is a professor of English at Wenatchee Valley College and serves as poetry editor for Terrain.org. He co-edited the Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry along with Elizabeth Bradfield and CMarie Fuhrman. Learn more about him by visiting his website.