Nikkya Hargrove is an ‘05 alum of Bard College and a 2012 Lambda Literary Non-Fiction Fellow. She has written for The Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Dr. Oz: The Good Life, Shondaland and on Medium. Her memoir Mama: A Black, Queer Woman’s Journey to Motherhood is represented by the Dystel, Goderich & Bourret Agency. She lives in New England with her family and works full-time for a New York City based heart health nonprofit called Harboring Hearts, assisting heart surgery and transplant patients with their financial and emotional needs.