Carter Sawatzky (they/them) is a first-year MA student in the Department of English Language and Literatures at UBC with research interests in queer/trans studies, HIV/AIDS literature, and medical humanities. They received their BA Honours English from Trinity Western University where they wrote their Honours thesis on queer strategies of coping with disease and dis/ability through various forms of resilience and resistance in contemporary American literature on HIV/AIDS. Beyond academia, they are also the communications director of One TWU, the independent coalition of LGBTQIA2S+ students, alumni, and allies at TWU.