Meet the Founder

​In December of 2019, queer Filipinx poet Ina Cariño founded this reading series in the Triangle area of NC. They were born in the Philippines, where they lived until the age of ten. They hold an MFA in creative writing from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is a Kundiman Fellow.

Through their writing, Ina explores themes such as the transformation of the brown and/or queer body over space + time, the navigation of being American as a brown body, and the prevalent and deeply impactful effects of living in the diaspora. They hope to find paths to not just justice, but also to healing—​of self and of community.