Cherríe Moraga

Cherríe Moraga (born September 25, 1952) is a Xicana feminist, writer, activist, poet, essayist, and playwright. She is part of the faculty at the University of California, Santa Barbara in the Department of English since 2017, and in 2022 became a distinguished professor. Moraga is also a founding member of the social justice activist group La Red Xicana Indígena, which is network fighting for education, culture rights, and Indigenous Rights. In 2017, she co-founded, with Celia Herrera Rodríguez, Las Maestras Center for Xicana Indigenous Thought, Art, and Social Practice, located on the campus of UC Santa Barbara.

Cherríe L. Moraga
Moraga in 2022
Born (1952-09-25) September 25, 1952
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation
  • playwright
  • writer
  • poet
  • activist
  • distinguished professor
EducationImmaculate Heart College
Alma materSan Francisco State University
Subject
  • Feminism
  • Chicana studies
Notable worksThis Bridge Called My Back (1981); Loving in the War Years (1983); Waiting in the Wings (1997); A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness (2011); Native Country of the Heart (2018)
Notable awardsCritics' Circle; PEN West; American Book Award
PartnerCelia Herrera Rodríguez
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