Jones, Priya grew up in Edison, New Jersey, the daughter of a school counselor and a civil engineer, and studied industrial design at Carnegie Mellon before pivoting to journalism. After several years editing human-interest features for a Philadelphia magazine, she moved to Albuquerque in 2019, where she teaches community writing workshops and volunteers with a foster-pet network. Her work often explores craft, caregiving, and the quiet revolutions of everyday love. When not drafting before sunrise, she can be found hunting for vintage fountain pens, troubleshooting an overzealous sourdough starter, or hiking the Sandia foothills with a thermos of masala chai.
