About Sophia:
Her fourth, award-winning book of poetry, titled: If My Hands Were Birds: A Poem came out in September, 2024 published by UnCollected Press. Her other poetry books are titled: Chronicles of Cosmic Chaos: In The Fourth Dimension, Farewell Clay Dove, and of her award-winning chapbook The Immortal Sunflower.
She is the winner of the Mirabai Prize for Poetry, she was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and she has over 50 individual poems published in various literary journals and magazines.
Now Falco in a highly regarded Master of Fine Arts Program (MFA) specifically for Poetry & carrying out their Teaching Fellowship having completed her first year successfully out of the two. In addition, in just her second semester she was promoted to Lead Writing Adviser in their Center For Writing Across The Curriculum (CWAC).
Furthermore, she was elected to Depression Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) California Chapter as Director of Outreach to the LGBTQIA+ Community and as their Poet Laureate, and served from January 2024 - July 2024 helping them from the ground up to revamp their board. She is a proud part of the LGBTQIA+ community and will continue to stand for them through her poetry.
In addition, Falco graduated magna cum laude along with the highest honors in the Literature Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her Bachelor of Arts degree is in intensive literature with a creative writing concentration in poetry.
Furthermore, she blogged for The International Bipolar Foundation (IBPF) from April 2020-January 2023.
Sophia Falco is a faithful poet since she finds poetry essential to her understanding of the universe.