Julián David Bañuelos is a Chicano poet and translator from Lubbock, Tx. His poems and translations can be seen in The Cincinnati Review, The Hopkins Review, The Latino Book Review, The Common, and many more. His unpublished collection, Las Cancioncitas, was selected as a 2023 National Poetry Series & 2023 X.J. Kennedy Finalist. He teaches literature at St. Paul’s School of Nursing and lives in New York City.