Mollie Hawkins is a writer based in Houston, Texas, by way of Alabama and California (it’s complicated). She is currently an MFA candidate at Bennington Writing Seminars. Her work has appeared in Salon, Marie Claire, Bustle, Sprudge, HelloGiggles, PoemMemoirStory, The San Diego Tribune, Sheepshead Review, SubMerge Magazine, and others. She has dabbled in private and public libraries, marketing agencies, corporate healthcare marketing, education, and coffee. She has funny stories and fond memories about each one. Bless them.