Cynthia resides on the west coast, where she enjoys the beauty of nature. Her poetry has appeared in many literary journals and been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net Anthology. A full member of The League of Canadian Poets and The Writers' Union of Canada, she had a wonderful time as the City of Richmond's 2019 Writer in Residence, as well as being one of the judges for the 2020 Pandora's Collective International Poetry Competition. She is the literary editor of Poetic Portions and the author of Ordinary Light, a first-prize winner in the SCWES Book Awards as well as in the International Impact Book Awards in Sustainability and Contemporary Poetry. She also wrote How to Write Poetry, Rainforest in Russet and The Light Bearers in the Sand Dollar Graviton, available from the Ingram catalogue in bookstores through the world and on Amazon.