Gemelle John is an alumna of the University of Delaware, where she served as vice-president of the University’s Resident Student Organization, S.P.I.T (Stimulating, Prose, Ideas, and Theories), and worked with Andrea Gibson, Clint Smith, and Alixa and Naima of “Climbing Poetree.” Her work has been featured in Cleaver Magazine, Public Pool, and The News Journal. She is a 2018 Emerging Artist Fellow with the Delaware Division of the Arts and has received fellowships from VONA, Juniper, and the Delaware Writer’s Retreat. She currently works as a Spanish teacher in Wilmington. Her website: poemsforpancakes.wordpress.com/