I was a baker, a cookbook author, a follower of the rules. Now I am following my passion for sharing and exploring all the rules I should have been breaking.

Black. Transwoman. Rebel. Survivor. Student. Lover of Life. Talking mess, fighting stress, accepting the tests

Writer, gamer, pop culture nerd. Chief fan at Fanfare. Probably thinking about Star Wars. https://allthefanfare.com

Certified English and physics teacher. Editor, journalist, illustrator and novelist. walterrhein@gmail.com

Jamie Walters is a writing instructor at VCU and a recent graduate of NYU's MFA program. Her work appears in EPOCH, Blackbird, and elsewhere.

Engineer turned philosophy student • I write about loneliness, transformative books, and other pseudo-deep stuff that keeps me up at night • stephanjoppich.com