Christina Vega-Westhoff

Christina Vega-Westhoff is a poet, translator, choreographer, dancer, and educator living in Buffalo, NY. She is the author of Suelo Tide Cement (Nightboat, 2018). Her poetry, translations, and performance writing have appeared in Best American Experimental Writing, Words Without Borders, Emergency INDEX, and elsewhere. She is a 2025 recipient of a New York State Choreographers Initiative Grant and an Artpark Writer's Residency. She teaches aerial dance at The Bird's Nest Circus Arts.