Ashley DeMar is a writer, actor, recording artist, and arts educator originally from Watertown, New York, now living on a tree farm in western North Carolina. Her work has appeared previously with the Black River Review, the Adirondack Center for Writing’s PoemVillage, and the North Country Arts Council. She has also been published in several poetry anthologies. In 2021, her work was chosen to be part of the U.S. debut of the ‘Of Earth and Sky’ outdoor exhibition in Charlotte, North Carolina.