Farro is a climate scientist who spent several years working as an environmental policy advisor for Minnesota Senator Al Franken and Governor Mark Dayton. Her publications have appeared in River Teeth, The Kenyon Review, and The Normal School, among others. She has been a recipient of a Minnesota State Art Board Grant and a Loft Literary Center Mentor Series award. She teaches public policy at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs and creative writing at the Loft Literary Center.