Samantha Costanzo Carleton is a second-generation Cuban-American poet and writer who was born in Los Angeles, CA. Her work focuses on the intersections of heritage, language, identity, and independence, and she is exploring these topics more fully as a master’s degree candidate in Northeastern University’s Contemporary Creative Writing program. Samantha lives on the North Shore of Massachusetts with her husband and daughter.

You can find her on Instagram as @samanthasstories.