Gia Clarice is 13 years old, is an avid reader, and loves to study languages, starting with Spanish.

She started contributing a monthly column in August 2023. She attended Frontier Middle School in Hamburg, NY before she transferred due to the number of racial incidents she faced at the school, a predominantly white school, with a reputation for where the white kids display a high level of discrimination against black and Latino students. This experience developed her desire and interest in writing and took the opportunity when the Buffalo Latino Village mentioned it was interested in a young writer.