Gabriella Belfiglio‘s work has been published in many anthologies and journals including The Paterson Review, The Centrifugal Eye, Folio, Avanti Popolo, Poetic Voices without Borders, The Potomac Review, Lambda Literary Review and The Paterson Review. She is the winner of a W.B. Yeats Poetry Award. She has also received awards from Plainsongs and Comstock Review.
Gabriella is currently in the process of publishing a full-length collection of her poetry. She is part of the trio of artists that make up The Ferlinghetti Girls.
She teaches self-defense, conflict resolution, karate, and tai chi to people of all ages throughout the five boroughs. She studied gender studies, literature and writing at Antioch College and received her MFA from American University.