Mina Leazer is learning to call herself a writer. She is currently crafting a series of oral histories into a narrative of her family's history that starts in pre-war Korea and spans to the present. She was the recipient of Bread Loaf School of English fellowship in 2022 and coeditor of the Bread Loaf Journal that year. She currently resides in New York City with her husband and two cats, Alistair and Saoirse.