Anita M. Hessenauer (PhD, University of Strasbourg) is a freelance writer in Dublin, Ohio. She writes poetry, prose, and has published articles in various periodicals. She has three poetry collections: Authenticity (2019), We All Belong (2021), and Let Go (2023), which was a finalist for the Ohioana Book Award in Poetry. Hessenauer has taught at The Ohio State University, the University of Michigan, and Bowling Green State University. She is a fully professed Third-Order Carmelite.