Margaret R. Sáraco writes about love, family, politics, and nature. A poet, short story, and memoir writer, she grew up in New York, and recently relocated to Portland, Oregon. Margaret began her professional writing career as a magazine columnist writing about feminism, music, health, and contemporary events. Her writing has appeared in many anthologies and journals. Margaret’s poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and she received multiple Honorable Mentions in the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards. Her poem, “Dear Rorschach,” that was re-envisioned as an animated film directed by Bobe Wu, won first place in the Moving Words Competition. Her debut poetry collection, If There Is No Wind (Human Error Publishing) was published in 2022. Her second book, Even the Dog Was Quiet was a finalist in the Eyelands Book Awards Contest.