Written by
Nadia Misir

Nadia Misir was born and raised in South Ozone Park, Queens. She is a former Asian American Writers’ Workshop Open City fellow. She received her BA in English from SUNY Oswego and an MA in American studies from Columbia University. She is pursuing an MFA in fiction writing at Queens College, CUNY, and was a Writer-in-Residence at the Louis Armstrong House Museum. Her writing has been published in AAWW’s Open City Magazine, No, Dear Mag, and Kweli Journal. Follow her on Instagram @nuancednadia.