María Cristina Fernández Hall was raised in Mexico and is currently studying at Columbia University. She writes poetry and was the editor of Sin Fronteras, a bilingual literary magazine published in Guadalajara. She was also Editor-in-Chief of The Congressman, a political magazine published at Columbia University. She likes Harper’s because of the quality of their writing and Words without Borders as they publish English translations of poems and stories from around the world. She plays classical guitar and enjoys a precise word.