Jesus Francisco Sierra is a Cuban writer who emigrated to San Francisco’s Mission District. He is a Board Member of The Writers Grotto and one the founders of the Rooted & Written Conference, the only free annual writing conference for writers of color, by writers of color. His work has appeared in Zyzzyva, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Common, Gulf Stream Literary Journal, Solstice Literary Magazine, The Caribbean Writer, The Acentos Review among others. His short story collection At Times of Loss and Other Cuban Stories was a finalist for Leapfrog Press’ 2023 Global Fiction Prize. He holds an MFA from Antioch University Los Angeles and is currently at work on his first novel.