Mahailey Oliver holds a master's degree in English and a Certificate of Advanced English Pedagogy from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English with minors in Spanish and Secondary Education from SFASU in 2019. She is an 8th-year high school English teacher in Texas, as well as a 3rd-year adjunct faculty member at SFASU in the English department. When she is not reading and writing academically, creatively, and pedagogically, she enjoys camping, hammocking, and stargazing.