Naila Mahadeo Hess

Naila Mahadeo Hess (BA, MSIAD) is a poet born and raised in Trinidad, West Indies. A Bread Loaf alum, she is a fifth generation daughter of the vibrant and resilient Desi diaspora that took root in the Post-Colonial Caribbean. She now lives in the Philadelphia suburbs where tropical plants may have a hard time surviving outside the sanctuary of their greenhouses. Like her people, her work can be found in various publications around the globe.

Naila Mahadeo Hess's work appears in Issue 44.2 Winter/Spring 2024.