Shakira Croce is a freelance writer and public relations professional in New York. After studying writing at Sarah Lawrence College (B.A.) and completing a Masters at Pace University (M.P.A.), she currently works as a full-time media coordinator for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals as well as a consultant for the Natural Resources Defense Council and other non-profits. She is a member of the Dyson College Society of Fellows and has been interviewed by national and international media as well as featured in several books. Her past professional literary experience also includes working for "Vista" Magazine in Florence, Italy, having her poetry translations appear in Babel magazine, and serving twice as a juror for the Zerilli-Marimo City of Rome Prize for Italian Fiction. Her poetry has appeared in Poets and Artists and MiPOesias. Her work will appear in an upcoming issue of Transactions Journal.