ELISHA FERNANDEZ is a Latina writer, poet, editor, and artist. She strives to uplift and empower young adults from BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities through her work. Elisha writes fantasy, horror, romance, and poetry drawing from her experiences as a queer biracial woman navigating trauma, exploring identity, and finding resilience.
Elisha is passionate about social/racial justice, mental health, women’s and LGBTQ+ rights. She graduated with a degree in Editing and Publishing, publishing a thesis on her research about the representation of BIPOC in YA, and plans to use her career to advocate for publishing spaces to highlight traditionally marginalized experiences.
