Chelsea Tokuno-Lynk is a writer and nonprofit fundraiser, and the great-grandchild of Japanese farmers and laborers in Hawai'i and the Bay Area. She grew up in Kāneʻohe, Hawai'i and now lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with her spouse and two children. A VONA/Voices and Kundiman Fellow, her stories have appeared or are forthcoming in The Iowa Review and Litro Magazine.