Maria Yeonhee Ji is a writer based in Tāmaki Makaurau. She holds a BMedSci(hons) from The University of Auckland, where she is currently enrolled as a fifth year medical student. Her poetry and prose have appeared in various publications including New Zealand Poetry Society anthologies, Potroast, Signals, and Starling. She was the recipient of The Chris Cole Catley Award for Poetry in 2017 and has been shortlisted for the 2018 Hippocrates Health Professional Prize.