Bianca V. Gonzalez Perez received her M.F.A. from Texas State University in 2024. Her debut poetrycollection, Pouring Poetry was published in 2020 by Austin Macauley, LTD. Her next collection, BLOODLINES, isforthcoming 2025 by FlowerSong Press and was listed as a Semifinalist for Sundress Publications. Perez's work has beenfeatured in Juke Joint Magazine, Defunct Magazine, Morning Fruit, Harness Magazine, and Poet's Garden Alchemist. Shewas born and raised in Del Rio, Texas, and writes ardently about West Texas and Borderland experience. Her nextcollection, BLOODLINES, was her thesis in graduate school, under the direction of award-winning poet Cecily Parks. Thecollection analyzes recollection, reconstruction of narrative, and cyclical trauma. Perez has an extensive background inhealth sciences as an undergraduate at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Perez switched her major to EnglishLiterature after four years of Pre-Med to explore her writing in depth. After obtaining her English degrees and teaching atthe university level, Perez is now enrolled at UT Arlington to receive her Second Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, to re-establish her primary mission of serving the community and studying medicine. Perez currently lives in Austin, Texas withher husband, a registered nurse and avid reader, and the two are expecting their first child together. When not thinking abouther next poem, Perez is outside exercising, reading nutrition books, cooking, or studying for her classes. You can find her onInstagram @biancavanessa_poet.