Lucy Jayes (she/her/hers) is an essayist, poet, and fundraising professional from Louisville, KY. She began her career in development in Denver, Colorado before returning to Kentucky to pursue an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Kentucky, where she won the Betsy Owen Combs Recruitment Scholarship and the MFA Award in Creative Nonfiction. Lucy has always found healing and freedom in the literary arts and is passionate about helping others to do the same.