Jessie Leitzel

Jessie Leitzel (she/they) was born in the mountains of Pennsylvania and raised in Charleston, South Carolina. They are a YoungArts award winner with distinction, a Presidential Scholar in the Arts, and a gold medalist of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Leitzel’s work has been featured in The Interlochen Review and other publications. They are the author of The Small Hours (Independently published, 2024), and the cofounding editor of Trace Fossils Review. Leitzel studies biomedical engineering at Harvard College.