Ricardo A. Bracho is a writer, educator, editor, dramaturg, and producer. Currently based in Philadelphia where he is Abrams Artist in Residence in the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies program at the University of Pennsylvania. From/of Los Angeles, he has also lived in San Francisco, Chicago, and New York. In each, he taught community and university courses; wrote and staged plays, and consulted and collaborated with other artists. He has worked within community arts and public health organizations in relationship to the embattled communities of queer and trans youth of color, brown queers, and incarcerated men. His collection of selected plays, Puto, will be published by Duke University Press in the Spring of 2026.