Iva Ticic is a writer and teacher originally from Zagreb, Croatia. She received her MFA in Poetry from Sarah Lawrence College in 2014, then left the US to live and work in Croatia, China and Spain – respectively. Her chapbook Alice in Greenpoint was published in 2015 (Finishing Line Press) and her poems have since appeared in Yes, Poetry magazine, Tint Journal, Ghost City Press, and elsewhere. She is currently back in New York City, where she teaches high school English.