Gina Duran is a Queer Indigenous Xicanc poet, playwright, visual and performance artist, essayist, educator, and founder of the IE Hope Collective; an outreach that helps people living on the streets and in shelters, which provides poetry, art, and yoga for self-care workshops for low-income, homeless, foster, refugee, and LGBTQ2S+ youth.  She was a Theatre Of Hearts/Youth First Artist-In-Residence, in 2023, and the Guest Editor of Boundless 2022, of The Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival and is currently the Host for The Collective on KQBH and Spotify.