Jessica Dunker is a young writer who cherishes and upholds stories that capture the flaws of our society and the diverse characters that learn how to survive within it. She graduated summa cum laude from East Tennessee State University with a Teaching, M.A. and English B.A. She is a former executive editor of The East Tennessean and has published multiple short stories in The Mockingbird. She is now a secondary English teacher in the Pacific Northwest, where she lives with her partner and pup.