Elizabeth Gade is a bisexual writer and certified peer support worker in the USA. As a human trafficking survivor, her lived experience of abuse and incarceration is what drives her to write and serve her community. She has competed in slam poetry on a local level; she views writing as radical way to show up in the world while connecting to fellow survivors. Poetry has been an important tool in her own journey to heal trauma. Her poems have been published or are forthcoming in literary journals & anthologies such as The View Magazine, The Elevation Review, 300 Days Of Sun, Other Worldly Women Press, The GroundUp, The Lindenwood Review, Nine Cloud Journal and The Sober Girls Yoga Magazine. In her free time, you can find her doing hot yoga, hiking, camping with her girlfriends or container gardening. She is also working on a full-length poetry memoir manuscript and a free workshop poetry series for women affected by incarceration.