Kristiana Colón is a poet, playwright, and actor from the USA. Her honours include a Pushcart Prize nomination, and her work has been included in Dzanc Books' Best of the Web 2010 and the anthologiesNot a Muse: The Inner Lives of Women, a World Poetry Anthology (2009) andChorus: A Literary (Re)Mixtape(2012). Colón has taught at Chicago State University, Malcolm X College, and Tribeca Flashpoint Academy. Assistant Editor for the online literary journal Muzzle and Artistic Associate for the theater company Teatro Luna, she lives in Chicago.