Mikaela Kesinger

Mikaela Kesinger graduated from the University of North Carolina in Wilmington with a degree of distinction—magna cum laude—in both creative writing and sociology. They have a passion for writing unique forms of creative nonfiction to share their personal experience with our broken criminal justice system. As a published nonfiction writer and poet, they use every weapon in the writer’s arsenal to raise awareness for the women behind bars—like their mother. With a focus on real-world problems that incarcerated individuals and their families face, their poems present a raw and honest viewpoint on our criminal justice system in the United States.