Cherry Zheng (she/they) is a university medallist in Asian Studies, pole dancer, and newbie guzheng player, born on Dharug Country to Cantonese parents. In 2024, she undertook the StoryCasters 2.0 mentorship with Diversity Arts Australia and won the Island Nonfiction Prize. Cherry has been published in Griffith Review, Overland, and the British Science Fiction Association’s Fission anthology.