Tina Hacker says she wrote her first poem in her sophomore year in college, after getting a nasty note from a girl in her dorm that said, "Three things cannot be learned: poetry, generosity and a singing voice." After writing every spare minute for a year, Tina had poems published in two university journals, proving at least one point of that note wrong. Since then, Tina has been published in numerous journals and anthologies and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize three times. She lives in Leawood, Kansas.