Jayla E. Anderson is a proud citizen of New Haven, Connecticut. She participated in Citizens Thinkers Writers at Yale University in the summer of 2023, and graduated from Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School in June 2024. Jayla now attends Vassar College, and will be majoring in English with minors in Creative Writing and Dance Performance. In her free time she dances competitively, writes poetry, and listens to music obsessively.