Kelly Jeske is a queer femme, mama, social worker, and writer who engages love, connection, and art as agents of cultural change. Kelly's writing has appeared in anthologies published by Soft Skull Press, Demeter Press, and Praeger; and in The Rumpus, Nailed Magazine, The Adoption Constellation, and Brain, Child (online). Kelly was a finalist for the 2016 Orlando Creative Nonfiction Prize.