Karla Méndez is an arts and culture writer. She is a lead columnist for Black Women Radicals, a contributing writer for Elephant Magazine, and has written for Burnaway, Polyester Zine, and Ampersand: An American Studies Journal. She writes about the histories of Black and Latin American women and their representation in visual art, performance, and poetry. She holds a master’s in American Studies from Brown University and a BA with honors in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Central Florida.