Regina Cash-Clark is a writer and associate professor based in New Jersey. She previously served on the editorial staff of Essence magazine and has worked as a copywriter and freelance editor. Her work has appeared in the short story collection A Kind of Mad Courage, and she is currently working on an essay collection Working Our Nerves: Essays on Black Trauma. She also holds an MFA in Fiction Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. As a wife and mother of four, she values the importance of sharing and showcasing diverse voices.

It wasn’t easy growing up so far away from close family. All of my mother’s siblings and her parents lived below the Mason-Dixon line. We’d do our best to stay

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