Matea Reed

Matea Reed is a poet, mother, and survivor of addiction and childhood trauma. Her work is born from lived experience—writing her way through foster care, substance abuse, loss, and healing. With honesty and vulnerability, she crafts poetry that speaks directly to those who were never given a voice. She is passionate about breaking generational cycles and reminding women everywhere that they are not what happened to them—they are what they choose to become.

She currently lives in Washington with her three children, writing under her imprint Ashestoink, offering stories of redemption, resilience, and rebirth.