Overview
Renia grew up in District Heights, MD and Riverdale, GA and has trained with various organizations in the journalism industry. She is the winner of the 2016 Sonora Review Poetry contest. Her work has been featured in: The Body Narratives, Episodic Magazine, The New Guard, Stone Canoe and The Offing. Her poetry has been named a finalist for honors such as the Knightville Poetry Contest and the Pocataligo Poetry Prize. She received the 2015 Hurston/Wright Founding Members Award for College Writers. Thesis: By Omission.