Dakota Parks is a freelance writer and Pushcart Prize-nominated poet who holds a master’s degree in English from the University of West Florida. Dedicated to community and academic intersections, they were instrumental in the revival of Feminist Spaces, an international journal of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, and currently serve on the boards of directors for Sunday’s Child, a philanthropic LGBTQ-focused nonprofit, and Stamped Film Festival, a free, annual LGBTQ+ film festival in Pensacola. Recently, Dakota's poetry has appeared in Someone Waits for Me, an LGBTQ+ documentary screened at film festivals across the nation, Sinister Wisdom, Dyke Affair, Screen Door Review, Emerald Coast Review, Midwest Review, Snowflake Magazine, and more. They currently reside in Pensacola, FL.​​​