Martina Gallegos came from Mexico as a teenager and lived in Altadena and Pasadena through high school. She then moved to Oxnard and attended community college. She transferred to California State University, Northridge and got her teaching credential. Martina taught for almost 18 years in Hueneme Elementary School District until a work injury followed by a stroke kept her home. She paused her Master's but resumed after hospitalization. She graduated with her M.A. June 2015. Works have appeared in Altadena Review, Nation Poetry, Hometown Pasadena and the Lummox Poetry Anthology. This is her first collection of poetry, in her native language, Spanish.