Natalie Scenters-Zapico is from the sister border cities of El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. She is the author of The Verging Cities. A CantoMundo fellow, her poems have appeared in American Poets, The Believer, Prairie Schooner, and Best American Poetry 2015. She teaches and coordinates the student-led magazine Tepeyac at Juan Diego Catholic High School, and lives in Salt Lake City.