Cynthia is a Peruvian-American writer, journalist, and editor, covering the outdoors, gender, and culture. Her essays and journalism have been published in Grace & Gravity, Write or Die, Yes! Magazine, HipLatina, and elsewhere. Currently, a Copy editor and Submission reader for Trio House Press.
She also writes short stories and poems that have elements of absurdity, surrealism, and creepy horror. Find them in Coffin Bell, Acentos Review, Tierra Comun, and others. As of late, she’s obsessed with motherhood and humor. Her brand of deadpan humor was last witnessed at Euphoria, Funny Side Up, Planet Word Museum, and at a friend’s backyard.
She’s a member of several writing groups focused on expanding underrepresented narratives in fiction, CNF, and poetry from Women, BIPOC and LGTBQ+ writers. Through these workshops, She provides written feedback, developmental edits, and learns craft methods. She is a Tin House and VONA alumna. She has been a featured reader at 804 Lit Salon, The Inner Loop, Vocales Verticales, among others.
Her writing journey began in Queens, New York, working as a reporter covering climate change, women’s issues, community news, education, culture, gentrification, and other beats for The Queens Ledger and Media Global at the United Nations. She has a Bachelor in Journalism & Creative Writing from the City University of New York, Baruch College.
Raised in New York City, born in Peru, She’s lived and worked in polar opposite cities in the U.S. and abroad learning how humans are shaped by their social, historical, and ecological landscape.
During off hours, she spies on birds, ice skates, runs, and dances kind of funky.
Latest
How Love Flourishes | Grace & Gravity: Grit Anthology | CNF
Mele, Kim Kalehua | Trio House Press | Interview
Multiplicity of Creative Hunger: In Between Genres and Sports | Write or Die | CNF