Regina YC Garcia is a DAR American Heritage Literary Award Winner, a 2024 Charlotte LitSouth Award Finalist, a 2024 Jaki Shelton Green Honorable Mention Recipient, a 2024 James Applewhite Award Recipient, and a Pushcart Nominee. She is a Poet, Language Artist, and English Professor from Greenville, NC. She has been published in South Florida Poetry Journal, Amistad, The Elevation Review, North Carolina Literary Review, Mid-Atlantic Review, Fiyah Literary Magazine, and numerous others. Additionally, she has work in anthologies such as Black Joy Unbound, The Power of the Feminine I, Vol 2, Brownstone Poets Anthology, Black Fire This Time, Vol. 2, and others.

Regina has also contributed to documentaries and musical and literary arrangements such as the Sacred 9 Project (Tulane University) and an Emmy award winning episode of the PBS art show Muse. Her debut chapbook, The Firetalker's Daughter, was released in March 2023 by Finishing Line Press. 

Her forthcoming debut full-length poetry collection, Whispers from the Multiverse ​​​​, is anticipated for release in early 2025 by Aquarius Press /Willow Books