Darise JeanBaptiste is inspired by the Black women who raised her in the Bronx and St. Lucia. Currently living in Brooklyn and working in the social impact sector, she earned her MFA from Rutgers-Newark and her MA in English literature from Brooklyn College. Darise is a VONA and Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop alum. Her work is forthcoming at Green Mountains Review. You can follow her on Twitter @darisejean or at darisejeanbaptiste.com.
