MK Chavez is a writer and educator whose body of work explores mixed-race identity, social justice, ecological resilience, and horror cinema.

At Ouroboros Writing Lab, Chavez cultivates literary experimentation as a radical act of liberation and supports the creative growth of QTBIPOC writers and allies committed to igniting meaningful change.

They are co-director of Berkeley Poetry Festival, host of Bay Area Book Festival Mixed-Race Affinity Group, and poetry editor at      The Fabulist.

Chavez has received the Pen Josephine Miles Award, San Francisco Foundation/Nomadic Press Literary Award, among others. Their published works include Dear Animal, Mothermorphosis, A Brief History of the Selfie, and other chapbooks.