Raisa is a Jewish American poet, editor, and teacher. She has previously lived and worked in Chicago, New York, Italy, and Iceland and is trained as an amateur boxer. Raisa received her B.A. in English Literature and Italian Studies from Bowdoin College and the University of Bologna. Currently, Raisa is a Poe/Faulkner Fellow in poetry at the University of Virginia and an inaugural member of the Taproot community ritualist training.