CYNTHIA is a Peruvian-American writer, Educator, Journalist and editor, covering gender, culture, and the outdoors.
She writes essays, short stories, and poems with elements of surrealism, humor and creepy horror while exploring the duality of being an immigrant and a mother. She blends nature and emotions throughout her work.
Find her poetry and prose in Yellow Arrow, The Acentos Review, Write or Die, Grace & Gravity Anthology with reported pieces for Yes! Magazine, UpMagazine, Broad Street Review, and more.
Most recently, she was a featured reader at The American Poetry Museum, Dupont Underground, and The Inner Loop. She taught poetry workshops for DC Scores and TintasDC. Previously, a Copy Editor and Submission Reader for Trio House Press.
She keeps a journal at Timid Shorts.
Latest
a child runs | Yellow Arrow Publishing | Poetry | 2026
“Materials that create life: A conversation with Ana María Caballero” | Interview | Trio House Press 2026
“How Love Flourishes” Grace & Gravity: Grit Anthology | CNF 2025
Workshop
Tin House Fiction | Carla Crujido | 2025
Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation CNF | Christine H. Lee | 2023