Samantha Tetangco is a Filipino-American poet, writer and teacher. Her poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction have appeared and/or are forthcoming in dozens of literary magazines, most notably The Sun, Tri-Quarterly, Puerto del Sol, Zone 3, Gertrude, and Cimarron Review. She is the former editor-in-chief for Blue Mesa Review, was president of the Association of Writers and Writing Program's LGBTQ Writer's Caucus, and has been an artist-in-residence in The Studios at MassMOCA. She has an MFA from the University of New Mexico and is currently the Associate Director of Writing at the University of California Merced.