Maya Chinchilla, author of “The Cha Cha Files: A Chapina Poética,” is a Guatemalan writer, educator and media maker. She teaches as a lecturer at UC Davis and other colleges in Chicana/o Latino/a/x Studies, creative writing and LGBTQ studies. She is the editor of the forthcoming “CentroMariconadas,” an anthology of queer and trans Central American writing. Drawing on a tradition of truth-telling and poking fun at the wounds we carry, Maya writes and performs poetry exploring themes of historical memory, family,  tenderness, sexuality, and alternative futures. Currently she is co-host of the “Trek Table”-A weekly sci-fi podcast holding “Star Trek Space” for women of color and their allies.