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Xóchitl González

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I'm a native South Brooklynite, where I was raised by my maternal grandparents . A proud graduate of the New York City public school system, I studied performing arts at Edward R. Murrow high school before getting my B.A. in Fine Art and Art History at Brown University in 1999. Twenty years later, I decided to listen to the long whispered dream of writing. I attended The Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and then was accepted to the Iowa Writers' Workshop. I completed my MFA in May of 2021 at the tender age of 43. Before writing I worked as an entrepreneur, consultant, wedding planner, fund-raiser, tarot reader and writer of etiquette columns. I currently live between Brooklyn and Long Island with my dog Hectah Lavoe. ...more

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“You must remember, mijo, even people who were once your sails can become your anchors.”
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“Benevolent colonialism is still colonialism.”
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“The greatest fool is the man of color who defines his success by the White Man's standard”
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