About Sophia:
Their fourth, award-winning book of poetry, titled: If My Hands Were Birds: A Poem came out in September, 2024 published by UnCollected Press. Their other poetry books are titled: Chronicles of Cosmic Chaos: In The Fourth Dimension, Farewell Clay Dove, and of their award-winning chapbook The Immortal Sunflower.
They are the winner of the Mirabai Prize for Poetry, they were nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and they has over 50 individual poems published in various literary journals and magazines.
Now Falco is in a highly regarded Master of Fine Arts Program (MFA) specifically for Poetry & carrying out their Teaching Fellowship having completed her first year successfully out of the two. In addition, in just their second semester she was promoted to Lead Writing Adviser in their Center For Writing Across The Curriculum (CWAC).
Furthermore, they were elected to Depression Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) California Chapter as Director of Outreach to the LGBTQIA+ Community and as their Poet Laureate, and served from January 2024 - July 2024 helping them from the ground up to revamp their board. They are
a proud part of the LGBTQIA+ community and will continue to stand for them through their poetry.
In addition, Falco graduated magna cum laude along with the highest honors in the Literature Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Falco’s Bachelor of Arts degree is in intensive literature with a creative writing concentration in poetry.
Furthermore, they blogged for The International Bipolar Foundation (IBPF) from April 2020-January 2023.
Sophia Falco is a faithful poet since they finds poetry essential to her understanding of the universe.