liz gonzález is a fourth generation Southern Californian. She writes poetry, fiction, and memoir, and her work has been published widely. Recently, her fiction appears in Inlandia: A Literary Journey and her poetry appears in the anthologies Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond and Coiled Serpent: Poets Arising from the Cultural Quakes and Shifts of Los Angeles. Her recent awards include an Irvine Fellowship at the Lucas Artists Residency Program. She is a member of the Macondo Workshop, organizes Uptown Word & Arts, which promotes literacy and artistic expression in North Long Beach, California, and teaches creative writing through the UCLA Extension's Writers' Program.