Maya Chinchilla

[1] She was a lecturer at University of California, Santa Cruz where she developed courses on Central Americans in Diaspora and Creative Writing.

[13][14] An associated 2007 anthology, Desde el EpiCentro, which was edited by Chinchilla and Karina Oliva-Alvarado, has been described as critical in troubling traditional understandings of Latino identity.

When she was a graduate student at San Francisco State University, she also won the STAND award in 2006 from the Film Arts Foundation.

The book is a queer text that uses erotic language and writing, while using autobiographical references to emphasize the struggles of the Central American Woman.

"[19] Besides her literary work, Maya Chinchilla directed various video projects including "Solidarity Baby," "The Last Word".