Kristina Byrne is a DC area native, and the managing editor of Words Beats & Life: The Global Journal of Hip Hop Culture. Her poems have appeared in Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, Mad Swirl, and her self published Love Notes to the World from a Recovering Cynic; they have also documented collective learning experiences in Strategic Leadership toward Sustainability, Authentic Leadership in Action, Mycelium Learning Journey, Wiser Together World Cafe at the Bioneers conference, and the Ella Pearson Mitchell preaching conference. She lives in Washington, DC.