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about
Dominique Natasha Hinestrosa is poet and writer from Los Angeles, CA with Colombian and CHamoru roots.
She graduated from Columbia University in 2024 with a degree in creative writing and ethnic studies where she was awarded the Dean’s Prize for Creative Writing and Outstanding Thesis for her collection of poems “O’agang: Tides That Bind.” Her poems have been published in Mānoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing and ROOTS: A Journal of Ethnicity and Race Studies.
She splits her time between the Allegheny Front in Central Pennsylvania and New York City.