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column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1/1″][vc_empty_space][vc_separator sep_color=”color-184322″ el_width=”30%”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_right” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1/3″][vc_single_image media=”58874″ media_width_percent=”100″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]Leah C Scott is a writer and editor from the Queen City of the Plains. She spent several years as senior poetry editor of F(r)iction, and has taught writing in the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility. Leah earned her BA from the University of Denver and is currently chasing Spanish fluency across the globe. She’s nearly caught up to it.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
