Kyla-Yến Huỳnh Giffin (they/them) is a queer and trans, biracial, Vietnamese American diaspora writer whose work revolves around themes of dreaming, fantasizing, and futurizing, and focuses on topics of diaspora, transness, ecology, empire, and intergenerational histories. They are a Press Editor for Half Mystic Press, the Director of Culture & Programming at Rawhead, a Member of the Reader Board at Sundress Publications, and a Fiction Reader for Okay Donkey. Kyla-Yến's work has appeared in The Offing, Oroboro, Beyond Queer Words, Vănguard, and other publications. They have been awarded residencies, workshops, and/or fellowships from Tin House, the Sundress Academy for the Arts (SAFTA), Seventh Wave, Abode Press, and more.