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Avery C. Castillo is a Mexican American poet, artist, and editor from the Rio Grande Valley. She is passionate about education and creative expression to celebrate lived experiences that connect us together. Her work is fueled by lived experiences with chronic pain and its invisibility. Her writing focuses on bringing awareness to the unique experience of living with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, diagnosed at the age of four and into adulthood.

 

Avery currently lives in the RGV and plans to continue her education in creative writing and feminist theory to curate and bring greater engagement with literary and creative expression in her community. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English with a concentration in Creative Writing from Texas Tech University. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

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She is the founder of 501(c)3 literary nonprofit, RGV READS.