Christina Vega-Westhoff is a poet, translator, choreographer, and educator living in Buffalo, NY. She is the author of Suelo Tide Cement (Nightboat, 2018). Her work has appeared in Best American Experimental Writing, Words Without Borders, Emergency INDEX, The Capilano Review, and elsewhere. Her creative research has recently been supported by a New York State Choreographers Initiative Grant and an Artpark Writer’s Residency.