Boderra Joe is a Diné poet, journalist, photographer, and a teacher. She is the author of Desert Teeth (Abalone Mountain Press, 2022). She is the recipient of fellowships from Willapa Bay Artist-In-Residence, the Indigenous Nations Poets (In-Na-Po), Naropa University, Idyllwild Arts, and the Bosque Redondo Memorial. Her work has appeared in the Academy of American Poets, New Mexico Poetry Anthology, Yellow Medicine Review, Green Linden Press, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA and a BFA in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts. She is Bit’ahnii (Folded Arms Clan), born for Tabááha (Water’s Edge Clan) and is from Bahastl'ah (Twin Lakes), New Mexico, on the Navajo Nation. She teaches at To’Hajiilee Community School as a high school English teacher.