She holds an MFA in Fiction from the University of North Carolina Wilmington where she was a graduate teaching assistant in the creative writing department and part of the Lookout Books imprint staff. She received her BA in English-Creative Writing from Auburn University.

A Birmingham, AL native, she is currently residing in Wilmington, NC and soaking in the charm of sunny port city life. Yazmin is a fiction writer at heart, but often dabbles in poetry. Her work has appeared in Screen Door Review, The Sucarnochee Review, and The Write Launch. She is currently working on a novel about two brides who meet by shared misfortune and go on an escapade through Savannah, Georgia that neither of them will ever forget.

As a designer, Yazmin is interested in typography, book design, and layout. She loves to mix clean lines with whimsical touches.