Jeannine M. Pitas is a teacher, writer, and Spanish-English literary translator. Her first full-length collection, Things Seen and Unseen, was published by Mosaic Press in 2019. Her most recent translations are We Do Not Live In Vain by Uruguayan poet Selva Casal (Veliz Books 2020) and Carnation and Tenebrae Candle by Uruguayan poet Marosa di Giorgio (Cardboard House Press 2020). She lives in Iowa and teaches at the University of Dubuque.