Cristina S. Méndez (she/her/ella) is a Chicana poet, educator, and researcher born and raised in the Bay Area (Muwekma Ohlone territory). Her work explores the continuum of how people understand and support each other across lines of difference and in the face of structural violence. Cristina is interested in coalitions, tensions, transformational learning, and healing as she envisions other futurities and possibilities. Cristina was an ARC Fellow at UC Berkeley in Fall & Spring 2023 with the Poetry & the Senses initiative – she was chosen in the Graduate Fellow category.
