Yarde­na Schw­er­sky is a writer from Pinel­las Coun­ty, Flori­da. She holds a BS in Jour­nal­ism from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Flori­da, and her pre­vi­ous work has appeared in The Jerusalem Post. She is cur­rent­ly writ­ing her first poet­ry col­lec­tion, The Resis­tance of Vio­lets. Her poems and per­son­al essays can be found at https://​yarde​naschw​er​sky​.sub​stack​.com/.