Dominique Weldon was born in Iowa. She received her MFA in Fiction from Butler University, where she taught Literature and Creative Writing courses as a Graduate Teaching Fellow. She has been a Creative Writing for Wellness facilitator since 2018, and she has led or co-facilitated workshops at Eskenazi Health, American Senior Village, and at Butler. She was previously the Non-Fiction Editor of Booth and is now the Butler University Writing for Wellness Technological Assistant. She currently lives in Indiana.