Bahar Momeni is an Iranian-American writer, educator, and human-rights advocate. A Ph.D. candidate in Literature at The University of Texas at Dallas, she also teaches creative writing, literature, and Rhetoric. Her bilingual work (Farsi/English) appears in journals and anthologies across Iran, Europe, and the U.S., focusing on women’s resilience and everyday resistance. Her honors include the 2023 Outstanding Emerging BIPOC Creator Award (UT Austin) and the 2024 Future Art Writers Award (MOZAIK Philanthropy & San Francisco State University). Her debut semi-autobiographical graphic novel, The Trees We Carry—illustrated by Ayana Thiel—is forthcoming from FlowerSong Press in Spring 2026. She has studied with or been mentored by Abbas Maroufi, Moniro Ravanipour, Fred Curchack, Héctor Cantú, Frederick Luis Aldama…