Leticia Del Toro is a Chicana writer from Crockett, California. She traces her family line to southern Jalisco and Colima, Mexico. Leticia is the youngest in a first-generation Mexican family of six. Her father labored as a machinist at a brick factory and her mother is a homemaker and a magical cook. A deep appreciation of food, music and folklore anchor her writing. She also writes about intercultural conflict, resisting patriarchy and exploring wonderment in hard times.

Her stories, poetry and essays have appeared in Huizache, Zyzzyva, About Place Journal and more. She has earned residencies and fellowships at Hedgebrook, Bread Loaf and Story Knife. Leticia has also thrived at the VONA and Macondo conferences. Her novella, Café Colima, was published in 2018 as the Kore Press Fiction Prize. Her debut poetry book, All We Are Told Not to Touch, is available through Finishing Line Press. She was recently awarded the Jack Hazard Fellowship from the New Literary Project to complete work on her novel, Return to Azucena. She is also finalizing a collection of short stories, Leaving Sugar City.

Leticia graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, Davis with degrees in Spanish language and English literature. As a world languages teacher, Leticia has taught in San Francisco Bay Area public high schools. Her travels to Mexico, Spain and France figure prominently in her writing. She considers mothering, teaching and arts activism to be among her most creative works. She loves to dance, hike, garden and cook with her family. Red posole, honey orange madeleines and Irish cream cheesecake are a few of her specialties.