Bianca Spriggs is an events coordinator for the Lexington Art League and a freelance instructor of composition, literature, and creative writing.  She received a B.A. in History from Transylvania University and her M.A. in English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.  Bianca was the recipient of the Sophia Danielle Arnold scholarship fund and is a certified Workshop Trainer through the Empowerment Institute founded by David Gershon and Gail Straub.  A self-proclaimed, "arts  enthusiast," Bianca has performed and faciliated artist enrichment workshops across the U.S.  She is the creator and programmer of the Gypsy Poetry Slam featured annually at the Kentucky Women Writers Conference.  A Kentucky Humanities Council Lecturer and Cave Canem Fellow, Bianca is the author of "Kaffir Lily," forthcoming from Wind Publications, and her work may be found in the anthologies, New Growth: Recent Kentucky Writings, America! What's My Name? and the journals, Caduceus, Alehouse, TORCH, and the Appalachian Heritage Magazine.