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 Latine roots, Ysabel’s work can be found in various publications like Tinderbox Journal, Anomaly, and Waxwing Literary Journal. She’s a Cantomundo Fellow and is a Pushcart Prize nominee and author of Sing This Body Out (Flowersong Press, 2026) and 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 Producer for Poetry and Social Impact for the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and curates the largest poetry festival in North America, the Dodge Poetry Festival. She lives at home with her husband, Chris, and two fur babies, Elliott & Bandit.