Jacki Rigoni
Poet Laureate of Belmont
2018 – 2021
Reading Tell Your Daughters It Doesn’t Come in a Jar Labeled Abuse
Jacki Rigoni is the author of Seven Skirts from Paloma Press. She lives with her three children in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she serves as poet laureate of Belmont, California. She has a master’s degree in English from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a credentialed teacher. A finalist for the 2018 Francine Ringold Awards for New Writers, her poems appear in Nimrod International Journal, Moon City Review, Migozine, anthologies, and permanent public art installations. Jacki writes on her site WomanUprising.com and facilitates courses for women at WomanU.com.