
Shannel Garcia
2025 Fellow, Indigenous Nations Poets
Shannel Garcia is a (Diné), Hispanic writer, and ADHDer from Shiprock, New Mexico. She is Áshįįhí (Salt People Clan), born for Tódích’íi’nii (Bitter Water People Clan). Her fellowships include the Diné Artisans + Authors Capacity Building Institute, the Young Lance Fellowship, and the AWP Tribal Colleges & Universities Student Fellowship. Shannel finds joy in reading, video games, sleeping, and being around her family’s five cats. Her work can be found in Chapter House Journal and Yellow Medicine Review