Penda Mbaye Z. Smith is a writer and educator living in New Orleans. She has received fellowship support from Cave Canem, Ragdale, The Kenyon Review, Hedgebrook, and Vona. You can find her work at Huffpost Personal Essay, Muzzle Magazine, and Obsidian Journal. Outside of writing, she loves hot yoga, rollerskating,watching sunsets over the Mississippi River, and being rudely awakened by her cat Prudence.
