Bronx, New York native, Roya Marsh is a poet, performer, educator, and activist. She is the author of dayliGht, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Poetry, and author of the forthcoming poetry collection SAVINGS TIME (MCDXFSG). She is the co-founder of the Bronx Poet Laureate, a PEN America Emerging Voices mentor, Lambda Literary faculty, and the awardee of the Lotos Foundation Prize for Poetry.