Cherriacute;e Moraga is an award-winning playwright, poet, essayist, and activist. She is the authorLoving in the War Yearsand co-editor, with Gloria Anzalduacute;a, ofThis Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color. Moraga is a founding member of La RED Xicana Indiacute;gena, a network of Xicana activists committed to indigenous political education, spiritual practice, and grassroots organizing. She is an Artist-in-Residence in the Drama Department at Stanford University, where she also teaches in the Program in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity.