Nina Palisano is a poet, editor, and arts administrator. Prior to joining ACT, Nina worked at MIT’s Picower Institute as an Administrative Assistant and managed a language-learning resource center at Colgate University. She has a BA in Creative Writing/Religious Studies from Hampshire College and an MFA in Poetry from Boston University; she is working towards a professional certificate in Arts Management from UMass Amherst. Her poetry has appeared in publications such as the Massachusetts Review, the Bellevue Literary Review, Jewish Currents, and the Best New Poets anthology series. Outside of work she enjoys hiking, competitive rock climbing, and collecting ephemera.