Brittney Frantece is a writer, artist, writing educator, and Ph.D. candidate in the English Department at the University of Washington. Her area of study is Black speculative literary and visual studies. She explores Black literary and visual arts to examine the new ways of thinking, being, and knowledge productions Black imaginations offers. In her teaching, she encourages students to venture out of what they consider to be “rules” when they are creating their projects, written or otherwise. Her goal is to offer students a variety of creative and intellectual to express their thoughts. She teaches for the UW's Expository Writing Program and has conducted workshops for The Northwest School and Henry Arts Gallery. Her writing has appeared in Variable West, Black Embodiments Studios Journals, Hawai‘i Review chapbooks, and various art writing collections. Her art has been exhibited at The Manifest in Honolulu and The Beans Gallery in Chicago.