Julia Paganelli Marín (she/her) is poet and educator in Fayetteville. She is the creator of Bee Balm Arkansas, a community writing experience in NWA begun in October 2022.

Julia holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Arkansas. Her publications include her chapbook, Blush Less, as well as individual poems. She has twice won the Lily Peter Fellowship in Poetry at the University of Arkansas.

Julia has more than 10 years of teaching and curriculum writing experience for high school, college-level, and adult learners and has published her research and presented at academic conferences about community writing.