Emily Clarke (Cahuilla) is a bead artist, and traditional Bird Dancer. Emily recently served as the 2022-23 Graton Roundhouse Intern for Heyday Books and News from Native California. She is a two time recipient of the UC Riverside Chancellor’s Award for Poetry, a 2022 Pushcart Prize nominee, and a recipient of Hayden’s Ferry Review’s National Indigenous Poets prize. Emily is also an MFA candidate at the Institute of American Indian Arts. In her free time, Emily runs her small business, Cahuilla Woman Creations, and takes care of her three cats, Aslan, Crookshanks, and Duchess.