Natalie Scenters-Zapico is from the sister cities of El Paso, Texas, U.S.A. and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México. She is the author of The Verging Cities, available through The Center For Literary Publishing as part of their Mountain West Poetry Series (April 2015). Her poems have appeared in The Believer, Prairie Schooner, West Branch, Palabra, and more. A 2015 Cantomundo fellow, Dana Levin featured her as part of the “Introducing” Series in American Poets and Sherman Alexie selected one of her poems for The Best American Poetry 2015. She has taught literature and creative writing in English and Spanish at the University of Texas at El Paso, University of New Mexico, and Juan Diego Catholic High School. She currently lives with her husband, José Ángel Maldonado, in Salt Lake City.
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