Ciara Alfaro is a Chicanx writer, romantic, and descendant of magicians from Texas. Her work has appeared in Cutthroat’s Puro Chicanx Writers of the 21st Century, Water~Stone Review, swamp pink, and elsewhere. Most recently, she won Iron Horse Literary Review’s 2022 PhotoFinish Contest. Her work has been supported by awards and fellowships from Colgate University, the Anderson Center, Hedgebrook, and others. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Minnesota. Currently, she is at work on a memoir about queer mestiza girlhood, monsterhood, and magic.
- Contributors' Notes, The Best American Essays 2023.
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