Regina GarciaRegina YC Garcia is a poet, language artist, and English professor. She is a graduate of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she earned a BA in Speech Communication with a Concentration in the Oral Interpretation of Literature. She dditionally earned an MA in Adult Education from East Carolina University, as well as a Graduate Certificate in Multicultural and Transnational Literature. She currently teaches English and is the Coordinator of Global Programs at Pitt Community College. She is the 2021 NSDAR American Heritage Poetry Award Winner, and in 2025 she was awarded the NSDAR American Heritage Woman in the Arts. Additionally, Garcia is a 2024 NCLR James Applewhite Finalist, a 2024 Jaki Shelton Green Finalist and a 2023 and 2024 Pushcart Nominee. Her publications of poetry and video poetry can be found in a variety of journals and anthologies including the South Florida Poetry Journal, Up the Staircase Quarterly, The Book of Black, Kakalak, I Tried Not to Write, Main Street Rag, The Amistad, Tulane University's Sacred 9 Project, The AutoEthnographer, Fiyah and numerous others. Her narration and poetry have also been featured (in The Black Light Project, a documentary which was the subject of an Emmy Award winning episode of PBS Muse: An Art Show. Read More Read Less