Aubrey Lozano Cofield
I grew up bored in a large backyard triple the size of my family's small South Texas home. The yard's bareness demanded an imagination and created the storyteller. I'm a writer because I'm afraid of the unresolved. I write to understand, to find conclusions, releasing them slowly into the quiet for you to hold. Sometimes I give away my secrets, and other times I guess yours. Either way, it's a drop of blood from me to you.
I am a storyteller and teacher. I live just north of Austin, TX where I teach creative writing workshops through The Austin Public Library, as well as ELA to a group of neurodiverse high school students through Great Minds Learning Community, an alternative micro-school. I hold an MFA in Creative Nonfiction but dabble in a little bit of everything. I got my start at 16 volunteering with Sandra Cisneros' Macondo Foundation, where I was eventually offered a job. This opportunity drove me towards my graduate d