Monique Reneé Harris was born as an African American woman with spastic cerebral palsy. Her artwork has been featured in Pentimento Magazine, Penumbra Online, Aji Magazine, Hey, I’m Alive Magazine, The Raw Art Review, Defunkt Magazine, Spoonie Press Literary Journal, and her poetry-art book Strength and Tragedy: The Mystery of the Blue Lady. She lives in Emeryville, California.