Andrea Blancas Beltran is from El Paso, Texas. Her work has recently been selected for publication in Scalawag, About Place Journal, 111O, A Dozen Nothing, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, Fog Machine, Gramma, Pilgrimage, & others. Her chapbook profiles was published by Dancing Girl Press in February 2020. Another chapbook Re- was published by Red Bird Chapbooks in July 2018. You can find her @drebelle.