Jasmine Melchor is a freelance creative based in the Philippines. Her literary works have appeared in The Poet Heroic, Frigg Magazine, and Southword. At 20, she built an entrepreneurial system of selling self-written handsewn books with covers made out of felt fabric, namely “Munting Makata” and “Poetry & Paralysis,” with excerpts promoted via her TikTok: @_jasminemelchor and with orders handled via her Enstack webstore named “dumboredom.” She sells other felt fabric crafts such as wallets and pouches.