Monica Sok is a Cambodian American poet and the daughter of former refugees. Her work has been recognized with a 92Y Discovery Prize and fellowships from Poetry Society of America, Hedgebrook, Elizabeth George Foundation, NEA, Kundiman, and others. Currently, Sok is a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University and teaches poetry to Southeast Asian youths at Banteay Srei and the Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants in Oakland, CA.