Kathy Mak is an occasional writer and artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her poetry and creative nonfiction have appeared/are forthcoming in The /tƐmz/Review, Marías at Sampaguitas, Kissing Dynamite, This Magazine, Understorey Magazine, Canthius, The Malahat Review, Prairie Fire, The Fiddlehead, and PRISM. She currently volunteers as a proofreader/interviewer with The Malahat Review and as a reader with Brick, A Literary Journal. She creates to capture moments of life and to reflect on her experiences.