Amber is a feminist writer, educator, and activist based in Brooklyn, New York. She holds an MA in Human Rights and an MFA in Creative Writing, both from Columbia University, where she received the Ruth Bennett Prize in Poetry and a Philip Guston Fellowship. She has worked in development for the Women’s League for Peace and Freedom, The Academy of American Poets, The LGBT Center of New York City, and the Audre Lorde Project. She is a fan of rescue pit bulls, intersectionality, and lemon seltzer.