Silvias Aguilar received her MFA in Creative Writing from The University of Texas at El Paso. She is a bilingual author. Her work has been included in anthologies of Korea, Peru, México, and the US. She currently coordinates of CasaOctavia, a writing residency for women in El Paso, TX.

Andrea Cote-Botero is the author of the poetry collections Puerto Calcinado, La Ruina que nombro, and Chinatown 24 hour. She has also published books of prose: A Nude Photographer: A Biography of Tina Modotti and Blanca Varela or Writing From Solitude. She is Assistant Professor at the bilingual creative writing MFA at University of Texas at El Paso.

Cristina Rivera Garza is the award-winning author of novels, collections of short stories, and a poetry book. She is a distinguished professor of Hispanic Studies and Creative Writing at the University of Houston. She has theorized the link between writing and community in our violent times.