K. Blasco Solér is a doctoral candidate in the English program with research interests in contemporary North American poetry and ecocriticism. Her writing and teaching are informed by an upbringing in Alaska and a background in science writing. K’s current work, land / trust, was a 2023 finalist for the Colorado Prize for Poetry. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing and Poetics from Naropa University’s Jack Kerouac School and a BA in editorial journalism from the University of Washington.