Yaccaira Salvatierra

Yaccaira Salvatierra’s poems have appeared in POETRY Magazine, The Nation, Huizache, and Rattle, among others. Her collection, Sons of Salt, is forthcoming from BOA Editions in 2024. She is an organizer for the San Francisco International Flor y Canto Literary Festival and a contributing editor for Huizache. She is currently translating a poetry collection by Peruvian poet Ana Varela Tafur. Some of her translations can be found in About Place Journal and Plume. She lives in Oakland, California, where she is a dedicated educator.