Paige Buffington is Navajo, a member of the Naashaashi Clan (Bear Enemies). She received a BFA in creative writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and an MFA in creative writing. She won the 2023 Zócalo Public Square Poetry Prize, and her “All American Poem” was named best Western poem by Western Writers of America in 2016. She lives in Gallup, New Mexico.