jo reyes-boitel is a queer, mixed Latinx poet and playwright, editor and scholar. jo is also an amateur hand percussionist. As an MFA graduate in Creative Writing from the University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley, jo was a Presidential Research Fellow and served as an undergraduate creative writing instructor.
Beginning Fall 2024 jo will start the PhD program at Texas Tech University in English with an emphasis on literature, social action, and the environment. jo’s scholarly work centers on decoloniality, and the role of longing and mourning in reclaiming culture inheritance. Their creative work centers on themes of home, migration, femme identity, and disability/the body as considered within intimate spaces.
