Leslie Hodge lives in San Diego. She graduated from Stanford with a BA in English and Creative Writing. For many years she worked in IT and management, lastly at Qualcomm. Recently, Leslie started writing poetry; studied with San Diego’s inaugural Poet Laureate, Ron Salisbury; and co-founded a small Poetry Salon. Her poems appear or are forthcoming in journals including Catamaran Literary Reader, South Florida Poetry Journal, and The Main Street Rag.