fabian romero (Purépecha)

Purépecha poet-scholar fabian romero was born in Michoacán, Mexico and raised in the Pacific Northwest. They co-founded and participated in several writing and performance groups including Hijas de Su Madre, Las Mamalogues, and Mixed Messages: Stories by People of Color. Their scholarship, poetry and experimental films are rooted in queer and immigrant experiences. Their written work can be found in Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics, Untangling the Knot: Queer Voices on Marriage, Relationships & Identity, Writing the Walls Down: A Convergence of LGBTQ Voices and their self-published chapbook Mountains of Another Kind. romero earned a Bachelor of Arts from The Evergreen State College with a focus in writing and social justice. They are currently a doctoral student in the Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies Department at the University of Washington.