Sophia Falco

I am the author of my fourth, award-winning book of poetry titled: If My Hands Were Birds: A Poem is forthcoming in August 2024 to be published by UnCollected Press. My third poetry book titled: Chronicles of Cosmic Chaos: In The Fourth Dimension (December, 2022) has been entered into the Northern California Book Awards; results pending. (In addition, she is the author of: Farewell Clay Dove (2021), and of her award-winning chapbook The Immortal Sunflower (2019).) My poem "Farewell" won the Mirabai Prize for Poetry, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and I has over 50 individual poems published in various literary journals and magazines.

I am taking a gap year for a small book tour however I will be returning to complete my second year to finish in a highly regarded Master of Fine Arts Program (MFA) specifically for Poetry & carrying out their Teaching Fellowship. (In just my second semester I was promoted to Lead Writing Adviser in their Center For Writing Across The Curriculum (CWAC).)

Furthermore, I was elected to Depression Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) California Chapter as Director of Outreach to the LGBTQIA+ Community and as their Poet Laureate, and served from January 2024 - July 2024 helping them from the ground up to revamp their board. I'm a proud part of the LGBTQIA+ community and will continue to stand for them through her poetry.

I'm an alumna of UC Santa Cruz class of 2020 having graduated magna cum laude along with the highest honors in the Literature Department. My Bachelor of Arts degree is in intensive literature with a creative writing concentration in poetry.

As a mental health advocate, I blogged for The International Bipolar Foundation (IBPF) from April 2020-January 2023.

Finally, I am a faithful poet since she finds poetry essential to her understanding of the universe!