Sara Ray has been a part of Backyard Writers since 2016. She is a doctoral candidate in the History of Science at Penn and, in 2017, won First Person Arts’ title of ‘Best Storyteller in Philadelphia.’ Sara’s fiction has been published by The Head & The Hand Press, Passengers Press, and Charge Magazine. In September of 2021, she will appear on USA Network’s Storytellers Project for their “Outdoors Adventures” episode.