Beverly Parayno is from San Jose, California. Her fiction, memoir, essays and author interviews appear or are forthcoming in Narrative Magazine, Bellingham Review, The Rumpus, World Literature, Huizache, Warscapes, Southword: New Writing from Ireland, among others. Her writing has been translated into Chinese by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. She has a BA in English from San Jose State University, an MA in English from University College Cork and an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts, where she received a Lynda Hull scholarship. She serves on the board of directors of PAWA – Phillppine American Writers and Artists. A resident of Oakland, she is a grants consultant for social justice nonprofits in the Bay Area.