Carolina Ebeid is currently studying in the PhD program in creative writing at the University of Denver, and holds an MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas. She has been awarded fellowships and prizes in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Michener Center, CantoMundo, Bread Loaf Writer's Conference, and the Stadler Center for Poetry. She grew up in West New York, New Jersey.