Gretchen Filart is a Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and essayist based in the Philippines, where she embraces life while managing bipolar disorder and ADHD. Her work unpacks the complexities of grief, mental health, healing, motherhood, and love, garnering recognition from the Greg Grummer Poetry Contest and Navigator's Global Writing Competition. She has served as a writer and editor-in-chief for various print and digital lifestyle and travel publications. She is currently working on her first full-length collection. Connect with her via her website, gretchenfilart.com, and across social media as @gretchenfilart. She is usually friendly.