Jeneva Stone is a poet, essayist & advocate. Her essays & poems have appeared in New England Review, American Poetry Review, JAMA, Waxwing, Split This Rock, Scoundrel Time, & many others. She is the recipient of fellowships from MacDowell, Millay Arts, and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Her opinion writing has been featured in The Washington Post, CNN Digital & AmericaBlog.com. Jeneva is a graduate of Middlebury College. She holds an MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson & a PhD in English Renaissance literature from Columbia University.

Jeneva & her son Rob volunteer for several health care & disability rights groups. They are members of Little Lobbyists, a family-led organization advocating for the health care needs of children with complex medical needs and disabilities. Jeneva was the Little Lobbyists blog manager for five years, and now she and Rob are co-leaders of the LL Maryland chapter.

Jeneva is a governor’s appointee to Maryland’s Rare Disease Advisory Council, as well as the Maryland Ambassador for the Rare Action Network, the volunteer arm of the National Organization for Rare Disorders. She served for three years on the Montgomery County, Maryland, Commission on People with Disabilities.

Both she & Rob are members of Caring Across Maryland, and the Self-Directed Advocacy Network (SDAN). Jeneva & Rob have delivered remarks at U.S. Senate press conferences, at health care rallies & have testified before the Maryland General Assembly.

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