Jalisa Wright is a diverse writer whose background includes copywriting and curriculum writing. She graduated from Syracuse University in 2013 with her Bachelors of Arts in Writing and Rhetoric. In her senior year of high school, she used three essays to apply for 13 colleges, won first place in the Every Girl Deserves to Blossom Student Writing Competition, and placed top 10 in the Brooklyn Lit Match Teen Writing Contest. She currently freelances as a lifestyle blogger.