Natalie Martinez is a Chicana & Indigenous poet, PhD, professor, art curator, and advocate who's struggling with an autoimmune illness and mounting medical bills.
In 2019, she was hospitalized with a large spinal lesion. She fell ill again this fall and was bedridden for months. She lost her apartment. After seeing multiple doctors at multiple hospitals, she was diagnosed with Dysautonomia/POTS, and a possible small fiber neuropathy from an unknown autoimmune disease.
Natalie says she's experiencing "Pain I can't describe and a new heart arrhythmia. I'm finally walking again...I'm tired of illness. I have have identities beyond it." She is a great friend, writer, artist, teacher--let's help Natalie with her medical expenses!
The Prizes
1-hour manuscript consultation
A 1-hour manuscript consultation with Maya Marshall, poet and editor.
Manuscript copyediting
Copyediting for a manuscript for up to 40,000 words, with Maya Marshall, poet and editor.
Signed copy of Palm Frond with Its Throat Cut by Vickie Vértiz
Signed copy of Palm Frond with Its Throat Cut by Vickie Vértiz, winner of the 2018 PEN America Literary Award.
