Célèste’s work has appeared in Crack the Spine and Gravel as well as several indie-press anthologies. As a student, she was awarded the Academy of American Poet’s Prize, the Chimsy Poetry Prize, and the Hopton Short Story Prize. Célèste earned her BA from the University of Cincinnati and her MFA from Lesley University, where she was awarded the top portfolio-based scholarship in her graduating class. She has also studied abroad in the UK at Cambridge University and the University of Wales Trinity St. David. Célèste writes for Grey, a global ad agency and lives with her husband and daughter in Northside Cincinnati.