Kimberly Vargas Agnese is the author of Kadupul Flower, forthcoming from Green Writers Press (October 2025). Kimberly's writing appears in Anacua Literary Arts Journal, Awakened Voices Magazine, SHIFT Magazine and The Purpled Nail, among others. Kimberly was named a finalist in the 2022 Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize contest, awarded biannually by the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame. But, most importantly, she is loved by Jesus. (And at the end of the day, that's all that really matters, isn't it?)