Esmeralda Murati was born in Albania but raised in the Bronx. She got her bachelor of arts degree from Lehman College and her masters degree in social work at Fordham University. E...lihat lebih banyakEsmeralda Murati was born in Albania but raised in the Bronx. She got her bachelor of arts degree from Lehman College and her masters degree in social work at Fordham University. Esmeralda works as a school social worker in an elementary school in the Bronx. She works with students struggling with various disabilities and/or a mental health illness. She has been writing since middle school, when she barely knew how to speak English. Esmeralda has embraced the idea of free writing as a therapeutic tool to overcome, express, and explain daily stressors.
Just Breathe is Esmeralda’s writing debut. She has used her past experiences of the many struggles she faced as a foreigner, such as bullying and rejection, to create the stories in her book. Esmeralda has overcome much internal pain through her writing and hopes that others will relate and embrace poetry as an emotional, beautiful mess.lihat lebih sedikit