Among her professional contributions, she is editor of the anthology Growing Up Chicana/o; coeditor of Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social; Dramaturge and Community Outreach Scholar with Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble; and a Teaching Artist for the Mark Taper Forum’s Performing for Los Angeles Youth program. She has published widely on Latina/o performance and issues of trauma and violence in numerous anthologies and journals, including Art Journal, Theatre Journal, and Paso de Gato Revista Mexicana de Teatro. Her presentation today is taken from her book project, The Alchemy of Blood: Violence, Trauma, and Critical Witnessing in U.S. Latina/o Theater (Duke University Press).