Pamela Gemme was born to working class parents and grew up in Gardner, Massachusetts. She went to state universities, is a poet, artist, political activist, and a child protection social work consultant for Massachusetts’s DCF. Recent or forthcoming publications include The American Journal of Poetry, Haiku Journal, The Chicago Quarterly Review, Heliotrope Anthology, SoFloPoJo, Ibbetson Street Magazine and many others. Pamela co-edited Essential Voices: A Covid-19 Anthology forthcoming from WVU Press in July 2023.