About the author
GINA MINGOIA is a graduate student and writing assistant at Long Island University Post on Long Island, NY. As a student and writer, she has published both academic essays and creative nonfiction works of hers in various academic journals and literary magazines. This is her first published fiction piece. In the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gina and her sister founded Lightning Tower Press, LLC to provide more opportunities for publication to students and other authors and to fight against publisher gatekeeping.