Lydia Wei is a freshman at Stanford University and lives in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Her poems appear or are forthcoming in the Adroit Journal, DIALOGIST, wildness, Sine Theta, harana poetry, and elsewhere. Her work has been recognized by the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award, the National YoungArts Foundation, the U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts Program, and the National Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.