 Na for New Orleans dey tek bon Mosa Lisa Sally an e go rid Inglish from Yunivasiti of Washington. Mona Lisa Saloy get e BA from di Yunivasiti in 1979. E go San Francisco Stet Yunivasiti go get e MA in kreative raitin an Inglish in 1982.Na for  Louisiana Stet Yunivasiti e tek du e Ph.D in Inglish in 2005 an MFA in kreatin raitin in 1988.Saloy bi di Conrad N. Hilton Endowed Professor of English at Dillard Yunivasiti. Saloy raitin don sho inside meni poblishashon like Louisiana Folklore Miscellany, The Southern Poetry Anthology an The Childrens Folklore Review. One of Saloy buk wey bi Red Beans  Nicely Yours win di 2005 T.S Eliot Prize an PENOakland Josephine Miles Prize in 2006.Pipul sabi Saloy wel well bikos e like to dey rait abaut di pipul an kolshor esperiens of New Orleans.E don kolet meni awod an meni honor.One of dem na di Mayors Office Tricentennial Grant in 2018. 