April showers bring me flowers so I may lay blossoms at your grave
Bios
Melissa Brizuela
Melissa Brizuela (she/her) mines the minutiae of the everyday in search of buried treasure, for gifts hidden within grief and lessons within pain. She is a writer and poet living in Toronto (Tkaronto) and calls home anywhere in the world where loved ones carry a piece of her in their hearts. In 2022, Melissa made her live debut appearance as a spoken word artist at the Hillside Festival in Guelph. She is currently writing her first full-length work of non-fiction: part cooking methodology and part travel memoir. It explores lessons about love and friendship learned while cooking with friends in Toronto, Tallinn and New York City. IG: @answerstofive [provided April 2023]