Natalie Scenters-Zapico is from the sister cities of El Paso, Texas and Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua. She is the author of The Verging Cities (Center for Literary Publishing 2015), and Lima :: Limón, forthcoming (Copper Canyon Press). Her poems have appeared in POETRY, Best American Poetry 2015, Tin House, The Believer, and more. She has won literary awards and fellowships from PEN/American, CantoMundo, GLCA, and others.