Crystal Little earned her bachelor's degree in print journalism from the University of Kentucky and is a lifelong defender of the Oxford comma. She also has education and experience in the legal field, having earned her post-baccalaureate certificate in paralegal science from Eastern Kentucky University and worked nearly seven years as a legal assistant and paralegal for a renowned Lexington law firm. She is currently a first-year MFA candidate focusing on creative nonfiction. With her work, she intends to explore the institutional complications of the American criminal justice system.