Melani Martinez
Melani “Mele” Martinez is a teacher, writer, mother, and flamenca from Tucson, AZ. She earned a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona, a MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Goucher College and is the recipient of Fourth Genre’s First Place Editor’s Prize, the Chris White Award, Bacopa's Literary Award, and Tucson Festival of Books 2nd Place Literary Prize. Her work has appeared in Borderlore, Bacopa Literary Review, and Telling Tongues: A Latin Anthology on Language Experiences. She is at work on a memoir in prose and poetry entitled The Molino, and holds a lecturer position in the writing program at the University of Arizona.
