Ivan Monalisa Ojeda was born in the late sixties in southern Chile and grew up on the shores of Lake Llanquihue. He/she studied theater at the University of Chile, in Santiago, and when he/she got his/her degree, Ivan Monalisa settled in New York, where he/she currently lives. He/she published an essay collection, La Misma Nota, Forever, and has written articles for magazines and plays. In addition to being a writer, he/she is a performer and is at work on a novel. Ivan Monalisa's pronouns are he/she, his/hers, him/her because he/she considers him/herself to be both genders.
