Gina Duran is a Queer Indigenous Xicanc poet, playwright, essayist, educator, and founder of the IE Hope Collective, an outreach that helps people living on the streets and in shelters, which provides poetry, art, and yoga workshops for low-income, homeless, foster, refugee, and LGBTQ2S+ youth. She was a Theatre Of Hearts/Youth First Artist-In-Residence, the Guest Editor of Boundless 2022, of The Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival, and is currently the Host for The Collective on KQBH, Substack, and Spotify. When she's not making art and building community, Duran is an MFA Grad student at Antioch University (in LA) while she works as a Substitute teacher, Yoga Instructor, Massage Therapist, and youth program director. She feels art and community can and will lead to positive change.
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3900 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States, California 90062