Karina (b.1982) wrote her first poem at the age of twelve, but was reprimanded by her teacher when she found out that the poem had some sexual connotations. Alas she does not have a copy of it any longer! She still continued to write and more fervently since 1997. After gaining academic insight into the environmental world at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, she is now reading for a BA English with Philosophy. Last year, between April and October 2014, she co-organised poetry readings in Malta entitled 'Bleeding Fine Lines'. In January 2014 three poems were exhibited as part of a collective exhibition by the Malta Women in Business. A year earlier, the poem "Ruts" achieved the third place in an international Canadian competition, while Bare Hands Poetry, an online journal published "Warded Off" in 2012. As from this year she has been organising the Luxembourg Poetry Group and publishing poems on rosportlife.com. She is coordinating a poetry evening to take place during the Mdina Cathedral Contemporary Art Biennale 2015 while also collaborating with the Department of English Students Association at the University of Malta.