Hiab is a first-generation Eritrean-American who hails from Michigan (but is currently Brooklyn-based). After completing her two-year commitment at Teach for America, Hiab spent eleven years in the classroom serving as an ELA teacher, while taking on curriculum work as a means to curate representative classroom texts. She grew up as a PBS kid and attributes much of her childhood love for reading to Reading Rainbow and Wishbone. These days, Hiab enjoys books that play with form and reconsider how we tell great stories. In her free time, Hiab reads steamy romances written through the Black female gaze, visits independent bookstores in the city, arranges flowers, and posts silly content on her bookish beldames bookstagram.