About

Nicole Montana is a Minneapolis-based writer, editor, and instructor. Her nonfiction writing has most recently appeared in Shenandoah Literary Magazine and The Spectacle. She is a recipient of a Ricardo Salinas Scholarship for her participation in Aspen Words Summer Words 2022 Program. She won a Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant for her memoir-in-progress Stay Where I Can See You. Montana serves on the Board of Directors for Green Card Voices, a multimedia storytelling organization dedicated to immigrant voices. She currently teaches writing at the University of Minnesota. She received her MFA in Nonfiction Writing from Sarah Lawrence College.