Ancestral Poetisa
Ysabel Y. González, who also goes by the stage name Ancestral Poetisa, was born in the Bronx, raised in Newark, New Jersey and now lives in Warren County in New Jersey. Exploring topics like lineage, family, and her Latinx roots, Ysabel’s work can be found in various publications like Tinderbox Journal, Anomaly, and Waxwing Literary Journal. She’s a Cantomundo Fellow and has received invitations to attend VONA, Ashbery Home School and BOAAT Press workshops. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee and author of Wild Invocations (Get Fresh Books, 2019). Ysabel received her BA from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey in New Brunswick, NJ and has her MFA in Poetry from Drew University in Madison, NJ. She serves as the Assistant Director for the Poetry Program and Festival at the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. She lives at home with her husband, Chris, and two fur babies, Elliott & Bandit.