Alisha Steigerwald

Alisha J Steigerwald (she/her) is a Harvard medical student, hybrid writer, and visual artist based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her work moves between literary nonfiction and peer-reviewed academic scholarship, often blending narrative, scientific, and cultural frameworks. Through research and storytelling, she examines how language and systems shape the perception of bodies—and which bodies matter. Alisha’s writing has been supported by GrubStreet and The OpEd Project, and her literary mosaic essay, “Wake of Weight,” debuts in The Rumpus.