Vanessa Jimenez Gabb is the author of several poetry collections, most recently, Basic Needs (Rescue Press, 2021). Her work has been exhibited in the Poetry&: series at Dia: Chelsea and in publications including The Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day series, The Brooklyn Rail, The Poetry Project and PEN America.

She is a graduate of Poly Prep Country Day School in NYC and Tufts University, and received an MA in English from St. John’s University and an MFA in Creative Writing - Poetry from CUNY Brooklyn College, where she was the recipient of the 2010 Himan Brown Award in Poetry. In 2012, she founded the literary project, Five Quarterly. She has taught English and Writing at St. John’s University and Newark Academy, and for Brooklyn Poets, the International Women’s Writing Guild and the Geneva Writers Group.

Currently, she runs the literary arm of the arts & literary consulting company, Collective Consciousness NYC, Inc, where she offers writing coaching services. Of Belizean and Colombian descent, she is from and lives in Brooklyn, NY, where she is at work on her first novel.