Lani Yu is a third-year poetry MFA student at the University of Houston. She grew up in Orlando, graduating from the University of Florida with a B.S. in Psychology. She was a semifinalist for the 2016 DISQUIET Literary Prize Contest in poetry, and has been published in UF's TEA literary magazine. She is also a reader and assistant editor at Gulf Coast. She spends her time reading, writing, and now, teaching.
