Bella Rotker (they/she) studies creative writing at Interlochen Arts Academy. She was born in Venezuela and grew up in Miami. Bella is a 2023 Scholastic Art & Writing National Gold and Silver Medalist in Poetry and an American Voices Nominee. She also has received recognition from the YoungArts Foundation, DePaul University, and Albion College. She won the Haley Naughton Memorial Scholarship to the Iowa Young Writers Studio in 2022 and their work has appeared in The Lumiere Review, Full Mood Mag, Neologism Poetry Journal, Fifth Wheel Press, JAKE, and Best American High School Writing, among others. This summer, Bella joined the Adroit Summer Mentorship Program for Poetry and the Kenyon Young Writers Workshop. When she's not writing or fighting the patriarchy, Bella’s hanging out with her friends, watching the lakes, and looking for birds.