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Dahlia Aguilar
Dahlia Aguilar is an emergent Chicana writer and daughter of Corpus Christi, Texas. An educator of over 28 years, she now works as a consultant and writer. She is an alum of the writing residencies Under the Volcano, Macondo and Elk River, and a grantee of the DC Arts and Humanities Commission Fellowship for poetry. Her work appears in the anthologies Somos Xicanas (2024) and Boundless 2024 & 2025 as well as in various journals and publications including The Skinny Poetry Journal, Journal X, and The Acentos Review. She lives in the Deanwood neighborhood of Washington, D.C. with her son, two dogs and menopause.