Growing up in Puerto Rico, when everyone was telling Josie Meléndez she should pursue writing as a career, she was dead set on becoming a veterinarian. That was until one summer she was volunteering at a clinic and fainted during a procedure. Now she is a writer, producer, film critic, and published poet. With a BA in English Literature from the University of Puerto Rico and an MFA in Dramatic Writing from the Savannah College of Art and Design, Josie Meléndez is the founder of Film Posers, a podcast dedicated to film criticism through a Puerto Rican lens. Named an emerging content creator by NALIP and an emerging journalist by TIFF, she is the author of her debut poetry collection Gotas de amor.