Savy Janssen grew up barefoot in Maui, Hawaii. She moved to California to study English literature at Chapman University, where she completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees and worked as a lecturer. She now lives back on Maui where she writes and teaches high school English. Her work has been published in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Maui Nō Ka ‘Oi Magazine, Lennon Wall Magazine, and The Panther.