Megin Jiménez was born in Mérida, Venezuela and grew up in Denver, USA. She studied at the University of Denver, Université Paris-Sorbonne and received an MFA from The New School. Her writing has appeared in Barrow Street, Denver Quarterly, Kenyon Review Online, Barrelhouse, Mantis, Tarpaulin Sky, Redivider, and other journals. She works as a translator and editor for international organizations and lives in Leiden, the Netherlands.