Charles Rice-González is a writer, LGBTQ activist, co-founder of BAAD! The Bronx Academy of Arts & Dance and an Assistant Professor at Hostos Community College. His novel, Chulito, received recognition from the ALA and the National Book Critics Circle, and his prose appears in over a dozen publications including his play I Just Love Andy Gibb in Blacktino Queer Performance. He’s a fellow of MacDowell, Lannan Foundation, and PEN America Writer as Activist.