Naomi Ortiz

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Naomi Ortiz (they/them) is a Disabled Mestize poet, visual artist, and author of two books, most recently, Rituals for Climate Change: A Crip Struggle for Ecojustice. They are also a co-editor of the international anthology, Every Place on the Map is Disabled: Poems and Essays. Ortiz is a Reclaiming the U.S./Mexico Border Narrative Awardee and a United States Artists Disability Futures Fellow. Their poetry is currently featured in the Tucson Museum of Art’s exhibition, Fierce Bodies exploring the intersections of culture, identity, and wellbeing. Through their multidisciplinary work, they invite people to imagine how self-care, disability justice, climate action, and other relational practices create a collective future. www.NaomiOrtiz.com