HOME

candace eros diaz

Originally from California’s Central Valley, Candace Eros Diaz is a queer Xicana writer and activist based in Oakland, CA. She's received fellowships from the San Francisco Writers Grotto, VONA, Emerging Arts Professionals, The Steinbeck Fellows Program and Lambda Literary where she edited Emerge: Lambda Literary Fellows Anthology. Her work has appeared in Arroyo Literary Review, Under the Gum Tree, Huizache and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She received a dual-concentration MFA in creative nonfiction and fiction from Saint Mary’s College of California.