Misha Tentser is the Arizona-born son of Ukrainian immigrants and a third-year Poetry candidate. He holds a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona, where he won the 2021 Margaret Sterling Award for Poetry. Misha’s poems have appeared in HAD, Midway Journal, Sonora Review, Terrain.org, and North American Review. He is the author of the chapbook, Born in the Wrong Desert (Mouthfeel Press, 2023), and forever searching for good tortillas.