Dorsía Smith Silva is a poetry editor ofThe Hopper and professor of English at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. Her poetry has been published in the Denver Quarterly, Waxwing, Shenandoah, and elsewhere. She is also the editor ofLatina/Chicana Mothering, and the coeditor of seven books. She has received scholarships and fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing and is a member of the Get the Word Out poetry cohort of Poets & Writers in 2024. She has a PhD in Caribbean Literature and Language and posts on social media @DSmithSilva.