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Claudia Rodriguez is a Chicana poet, writer, and researcher. Currently working on her thesis at UCLA, she is known for her lesbian poetry book “Everybody’s Bread” and a few other literary publications.

Early Life and Work
Claudia Rodriguez was born and grew up in Compton, Los Angeles. She teaches at the University of California Los Angeles. She is currently working on her MA at UCLA and her thesis is titled “Our Bodies, Our Souls: Trans Latina Narratives in the I/Eye Voice: Exploring Trans Latina Immigrants Imaginary Through Creative Writing Encounters.” She received the 2016 COLA Fellow award from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs for a Performance poem called “Midnight Steel” that challenges mainstream perceptions of Compton. She is formerly a member of the queer sketch group Butchlalis de Panochtitlan, who formed in Los Angeles and performed nationally from 2002 to 2010. As a proud Butch lesbian Claudia's work aspires to inspire later generations of queer Chicanas.