Our inaugural guest is Gloria Muñoz. Gloria is a Colombian-American writer, literary translator, and advocate for multilingual literacy and writing. Her poetry book DANZIRLY was awarded the Academy of American Poets 2019 Ambroggio Prize and the Gold Medal Florida Book Award. Other honors include a Hedgebrook Residency, a Tin House Workshop, Highlights Foundation’s 2022 Diverse Verse Fellowship, the Macondo Workshop, Lumina’s Multilingual Nonfiction Writing Award, a Las Musas Mentorship, a New York State Summer Writers Institute Fellowship, a St.Pete Arts Alliance Muse Award, and a Creative Pinellas Grant. She is also the author of the chapbook YOUR BIOME HAS FOUND YOU. She is honored and proud to be St. Petersburg's new poet laureate. Her work can be found at: www.gloriamunoz.com