Hannah Schultz is a PhD in English candidate, and she also serves as a graduate instructor of ENG and WRD. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato, where she taught creative writing and composition and served as the managing editor of Blue Earth Review. She was the recipient of the 2023 Ellershaw Award, a 2022 Sowder Prize, and a 2021 Ben Wathen Black Memorial Scholarship while at UK.