Ali Wood received her MFA degree in poetry at North Carolina State University. In 2019, she was nominated for Best of the Net. Her poems have appeared in Gulf Stream Magazine, Bear Review, and Plenitude Magazine, amongst others. She has taught creative writing at NC State, where she received an award for excellence in teaching. Outside of poetry, she is an avid reader of magical realism novels. Ali can frequently be found hiking, playing with her pet cats and bird, or making tea and coffee.