Lauren Lavín is a writer, illustrator and musician with work in HAD, Mason Jar Press, Sundog, The Hard Times, Reductress, and elsewhere. She was named one of the 15 best humorists writing today by Paste Magazine and has an MFA from CSU Long Beach, where she was editor-in-chief of RipRap Literary Journal. She was made in Mexico, born in Oakland, and currently lives in Seattle.