Amanda E. Machado

Amanda E. Machado (she/they) is a queer nonbinary Latine writer and facilitator, whose ancestors are from Jalisco, Mexico and the Chimborazo Province of Ecuador. They write on topics like Latine ancestry, survivorship, queer sexuality, nature, and the intersections between race, travel, and outdoor recreation. Their work has been published in Guernica, The Washington Post, Adroit Journal, Slate, The Guardian, Sierra Magazine, and many others, and has also been supported by residencies at MASS MoCA, Monson Arts, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, and many more. 

In addition to their essay writing, Amanda is a public speaker and facilitator for workshops on storytelling and anti-oppression. She is also the founder of Reclaiming Nature Writing, a multi-week online workshop that centers the experiences of people of color in how we tell stories about the outdoors.