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Lorinda Toledo
Critical PaperLorinda Toledo (she/her) is a Latina feminist writer born and raised in New Mexico, while Los Angeles has been her home for more than a decade. Her novel-in-progress was named first-runner up for the 2019 James Jones First Novel Fellowship, and she is currently revising her completed novel manuscript with literary agent Julia Masnik at Watkins/Loomis. A stand-alone excerpt was published in the Mississippi Review. Her short fiction and creative nonfiction have been published in The Normal School, Exposition Review, and Lit Angels, among others. She earned a PhD in literature from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where her writing was supported by multiple awards including the Barrick Graduate Fellowship and a Black Mountain Institute PhD Fellowship. She holds an MFA from Antioch University Los Angeles (Scirocco cohort, Summer 2015). She is a part-time faculty member at Mount St. Mary's University Los Angeles and Otis College of Art and Design, where she led tutoring support from 2022-2024. As an educator, her interest is in coaching and teaching that pairs craft tools with holistic support to help creatives cultivate sustainable practice.
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