Raven Reese is the co-managing editor for the Windward Review, a South Texas-based literary journal. In December 2022, Reese graduated from Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi with a BA in English, along with two minors in Creative Writing and Women and Gender Studies. She received the 2020 Haas Writing Award for 2000 level literature, and previously read on the Rising Poets panel at the 2021 Peoples’ Poetry Festival. Her poetry explores trauma, economic disparity, and a range of personal narratives.