Hikari Miya

Hikari Leilani Miya (she/her) is a Japanese Filipina American, 2019 Cornell University English major graduate, and a current poetry MFA candidate at the University of San Francisco who identifies with the LGBTQ community. She is the assistant poetry editor for USFCA’s literary magazine, Invisible City. She has publications forthcoming in Cobra Milk and The Bitchin’ Kitsch, and in Macguffin, Litbreak, San Francisco City College’s Forum, Jet Fuel Magazine, and Canadian magazine Fleas on the Dog. She currently lives with her two snakes and disabled cat, but has a menagerie of other pets at home in the Central Valley of California. She is a behavioral therapist for children with autism, pianist, percussionist, and music arranger, as well as a competitive card game player.