Esther Ra is: author of A Glossary of Light & Shadow / illustrator / collector of beautiful words / light-seeker / tea-drinker / ocean lover / aspiring lawyer at SLS / advocate for North Korean human rights / spoken word performer / daughter, sister, friend / perpetual student in the classroom called life.

“My callow soul opens in my chest, / a fledgling shaking off the rain. / Today, I am given a small, shining life / and I walk out again to find you.”