Cy Strom works as an editor. He holds MA and MPhil degrees from Columbia University in early modern European history and has published in academic and other areas. He edits in different genres and sometimes languages, and has had a role in developing professional editorial standards and educational materials. Cy and Iranian-born poet Bänoo Zan are co-editors of the forthcoming poetry anthology Woman Life Freedom: Poems for the Iranian Revolution (Guernica Editions, 2025).