MELIKA BELHAJ is a Moroccan American Muslim writer. Her work explores the dynamics of authenticity, tradition, and identity. She designed, printed, and hand bound her first self-published piece, Binti: Daughter of Arab America in March 2016. Since then, Melika started an Arab American Art Collective called Ya Banat with her sister, Ananas Mustafa. Together they are developing pieces that look at the nuances of North African Arab identity through celebrating the wisdom of their ancestors.

queer bruja from the desert, daughter of mexican immigrants, BLANCA, STACEY, two white names, twins, great grand daughter of an adelita, coyotes, hummingbirds, eleven wolves, dreams, the night sky, her mother loves elvis/the beatles/jackson 5 & house music, her sister is her soulmate, and she laughs. a lot.

ANDREA TELLES is a sensitive xingona that is not to be messed with (I originally wrote 'fucked with', but figured I should give you another option in case that's too much . She sleeps best with books in her bed and tacos in her belly and will never ever ever say no to a game pool. Andrea very likely likes your mom and Mexican food more than she likes you, and is forever counting down the minutes until she can put on her pajamas again.