Marilynn Montaño

Marilynn Montaño is a first-generation Chicana writer and artist from Santa Ana, CA. Montaño is a proud daughter of migrant parents from Puebla, Mexico. She is the event coordinator and bookstore manager at LibroMobile, a bookstore & literary arts co-op in Santa Ana, CA. Also a Crear Studio fellow. In 2019, Montaño was named Poetic Influencer for OC Weekly’s People’s Issue. Her poetry was featured in Mujeres de Maiz, Seeds of Resistance, Barrio Writers anthology and The Chachalaca Review. Montaño’s journalistic work has been featured in the OC Register, Voice of OC, and OC Weekly. Montaño enjoys cold brew coffee, thrifted cardigans and Sanrio.