Mathew Rodriguez is a queer, Latinx journalist, essayist, writer, teacher and speaker based in New York City. His work has been featured in Slate, Teen Vogue, TheBody.com, NBC News, Slate, Yahoo, The Daily Dot, Complex, SELF Magazine, The Advocate Magazine, Out Magazine, Mic, MEL Magazine, Remezcla, them., POZ, Primetimer and more. His work has also been published in the anthology Modern Loss: Candid Conversations About Grief as well as A Great Gay Book. He is currently writing a young adult graphic novel through Farrar, Strauss and Giroux as well as a memoir forthcoming from Abrams Books. He is represented by Natalie Edwards at Trellis Literary Management.