Adelina Sarkisyan

Adelina Sarkisyan is an Armenian-born poet, writer, and editor. She holds an undergraduate degree in anthropology (with minors in criminology and women’s studies) from the University of California, Irvine, and an MSW from the University of Southern California. With written work appearing in CRAFT Literary, Atticus Review, hex literary, Rust + Moth, HAD & elsewhere, she is a multiple “Best of the Net” and Pushcart Prize nominee. A therapist in a former life, she has certificates in Jungian fairy tale analysis at the Assisi Institute and is on the editorial team at Undivided, which supports families raising children with disabilities and developmental delays. Sarkisyan was born in Armenia, once upon a time, and is a first-generation immigrant daughter. She lives and writes in Los Angeles. She is at work on a novel.