Tessa is a poet, author, and immersive theater producer whose weird worlds have been featured in The New York Times, The Verge, and several literary magazines. She recently worked in a secret nightclub in Midtown Manhattan called The Stranger. Her work often draws from her experience as a professional dancer and all the mystery contained on a stage. She was awarded the Red Noise Collective Poetry Prize, nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and shortlisted for the Fractured Lit Ghost, Fable, and Fairy Tales Prize. Before all that, she was an NFL cheerleader for the Seattle Seahawks.