Julie Corrales is a first-generation Chicana, an autodidactic chola, political activist, teen-mother, hoochie, feminist, survivor, actively engaged in her own decolonization. Zapoteca by blood, a U.S. citizen by her parents’ sweat and tears, she draws on her experiences to advocate for and write about Chicanx issues. As a youth, Julie wrote many melodramatic rhyming love poems, some of which are still in circulation among imprisoned Californians. Since then, her poetry has been published in Acentos Review, Anacua Literary Arts Journal, and Azahares Literary Magazine. Julie is Executive Director of Tierras Indigenas Community Land Trust, and lives in Barrio Logan with her three children.