Pilar Quintana is a queer and genderqueer poet, currently working on a book of poems dealing with the roles that family, religion, and society play in our acceptance of gender and sexual identities. A member of the Grey Court Poets, Pilar's poems can be found in their anthology Songs From the Castle's Remains, Athens, GA's Word of Mouth, and the 2018 art/poetry collaboration Soulmates. Pilar has appeared as a guest on local TV programs speaking about the craft of writing poetry, and participated in poetry presentations for LGBTQ groups around New England.