Born and raised in Naples, Italy, Sara Marinelli is a writer and educator based in San Francisco. Her writing appears in Blue Mesa Review, New American Writing, and many Italian publications. She teaches Comparative Literature and Humanities at the USF and SFSU. Every month, she curates and hosts the Hazel Reading Series, an all-women reading series; and every week she hosts an Italian music program on KUSF radio. Sara is currently working on her first novel.