Sonali Sharma belongs to the hilly state of Uttarakhand. She is an alumna of Panjab University, Chandigarh. She has qualified for GATE (IISc, Bangalore) and UGC-NET (twice). She is an aspiring researcher, a social worker, a published poet, and a writer. Her poems have appeared in various books, anthologies, and online platforms. A few of them include the Indian Periodical, Indian Ruminations, Indus Woman Writing, International Human Rights Art Festival (NY), Kali Project: Indian Women’s Voices (US), Femasia (UK), Setu (Pittsburgh), Our Poetry Archive (US), Emerge Magazine (US), and Period Magazine (Netherlands). Her edited book “Fall to Pieces: Stand, Break, and Rise” was published by Inkfeathers Publishing, New Delhi, in 2023. She has expressed her environmental concerns in Down to Earth and the Indian Policy Review. She has served as Executive Secretary (BOG) with the Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra, an NGO under special consultative status with UNESCO, and also worked with the Himalayan Environmental Studies and Conservation Organization (HESCO).