Car­la Cru­ji­do is the Non­fic­tion Edi­tor at Riv­er Styx Mag­a­zine. She holds an MFA in Cre­ative Writ­ing from the Insti­tute of Amer­i­can Indi­an Arts and has had writ­ing pub­lished in Moss, Belling­ham Review, Crazy­horse, Yel­low Med­i­cine Review, Ricepa­per Mag­a­zine, and else­where. She lives in the Pacif­ic Northwest.