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Matt Petronzio is a poet, journalist, and editor based in New York City. His poetry has appeared in Powder Keg, PANK, InDigest, Ghost Ocean, and elsewhere. He earned his MFA in poetry from Hunter College of The City University of New York, where he received the Academy of American Poets Prize, among other awards.

Matt daylights as an editor and consultant for nonprofits and humanitarian organizations. He previously worked as the editorial director at Global Citizen, where he led the day-to-day editorial operations of the international advocacy organization's global writers and editors covering human rights, equality, environmental justice, and the movement to end extreme poverty. He was also the senior editor of Mashable's Social Good sectio ...more

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