Davis, Isabella grew up in Lafayette, Louisiana, and studied theater design at Tulane University before moving into arts education. She has worked as a stage manager, lighting technician, and part-time tango instructor, experiences that shape her city-centered love stories set along the Gulf Coast. Her essays on performance culture have appeared in regional magazines, and she has received grants from local arts councils. She lives in New Orleans with a shaggy rescue dog and spends early mornings walking the levee trails after storms.
