Ruben Quesada’s writing and short films have been featured at The American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, Southern Humanities Review, Art Institute of Chicago, and The Poetry Foundation. He has served as Essays Editor at The Rumpus, Senior Editor at Queen Mob’s Teahouse, and Content Editor at CantoMundo. Quesada has held fellowships and residencies at Lambda Literary Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices, Napa Valley Writers’ Conference, Vermont Studio Center, Squaw Valley Community of Writers, and CantoMundo. He is invested in the creation of community infrastructure and the promotion of Latino writers at all stages of their career.