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Daisy Elizeth Magallanes

Daisy Elizeth Magallanes (she/they) is the proud Chicana daughter of migrant parents, Emerita and Ramiro Magallanes, from the sacred Caxcan land of Tlaltenango, Zacatecas. She is a Pushcart-nominated writer, translator, and educator whose work has been featured in Acid Verse, Brevity, Black Warrior Review, Brooklyn & Boyle, Huizache, and Hypertext Review. Their poetry has been internationally exhibited in CDMX. They are the managing editor at Huizache.