Larena Nellies-Ortiz (she/her), is a German and Mexican-American poet and photographer from Oakland, California. Her photos and poetry have been featured in Burningword Literary Journal, Local Wolves Magazine, Stonecoast Review, 3Elements Review, Sun Magazine, The Indianapolis Review, Change Seven Magazine, Eunoia Review, Bitter Melon Review, Wordpeace, The Ilanot Review and Libre Lit Magazine.

