Patricia Biela is a native of Maryland and is a UVA grad with a BA in Psychology.

A first generation American, she is of Angolan and Haitian descent. Biela is a Cave Canem South Fellow and has participated in 18 writing workshops including Callaloo, Cave Canem South, How Writers Write Poetry—International Writing Program - The University of Iowa,  Hurston/Wright, Provincetown, and Dr. Tony Medina's Poetry Boot Camp.

Her poems appear in Barely South Review, Berkeley Poetry Review, The Caribbean Writer, Drumvoices Revue, and World Haiku Review among others.

She has a poem exhibited in Epiphany Salon and Spa, Washington, D.C. Biela has editing experience, and has written over 25 articles, some of which appear in Brainworld Magazine and Funds for Writers—Writing Kid.

She is a third generation educator and teaches a recurring poetry workshop to retirees. Biela is honored to be in the Duke Young Writers' Camp teaching family.