Poet / Writer / Teacher

Elizabeth M. Castillo is a 2x Pushcart and BotN nominated, multilingual poet, writer and teacher, and a homeschooling mother of 2 living in Paris, France. She writes a variety of different things, in a variety of different languages, and under a variety of pen names. She also runs a handful of small businesses, dabbles in charity work and teaches languages part-time. She is committed to promoting the indie arts, especially from women creators, and has a particular soft spot for women of colour who are also neurodivergent, like herself.
In her writing Elizabeth explores the different countries and cultures she grew up with, as well as themes of race & ethnicity, motherhood, womanhood, language, love, loss and grief, and a touch of magical realism. Her writing has been featured in publications and anthologies in the UK, US, Australia, Mexico and the Middle East. Her bilingual, debut collection “Cajoncito: Poems on Love, Loss, y Otras Locuras” is for sale on Amazon, and her debut chapbook "Not Quite an Ocean" will be published by Nine Pens Press in spring 2023. You can connect with her on Twitter and IG as @EMCWritesPoetry, or on her website www.elizabethmcastillo.net.