Evelyn Martinez is a 71 year old retired nurse practitioner in love with words and the astonishing way they come together to reveal one’s heart. She lives by the ocean in San Francisco. Her favorite foods are veggie tacos and noodle soup. She dreams of Antarctica and sweet-faced pit bulls. For pleasure she swims, studies ballet, and takes to the stage as a supernumerary for San Francisco Opera. She was recently published in Entropy Magazine.