Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo (born in San Gabriel, California) is a Chicana poet, educator, and activist, the daughter of Mexican immigrants. She received her BA from California State University, Long Beach, and her MFA in creative writing from Antioch University Los Angeles. Her debut collection Posada: Offerings of Witness and Refuge (Sundress Publications, 2016), inspired by volunteer work with the humanitarian aid organization No More Deaths at the Arizona-Mexico border, received widespread praise. Her second collection Incantation: Love Poems for Battle Sites (Mouthfeel Press, 2023) memorializes Black and brown lives lost to state violence. She is a former Steinbeck Fellow, a co-founder of Women Who Submit, and was the first Poet in the Parks resident at Gettysburg National Military Park in partnership with the Poetry Foundation.