The Bronx Native
Noel Quiñones is an Emmy award winning writer, speaker, educator, community organizer, and cultural worker who believes in the power of storytelling to build community. Noel has shared their stories across the globe, including Lincoln Center, Harvard University, the Ford Foundation, BAM, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Stanford University, and the Honolulu Museum of Art. Their work has been published in POETRY, the Boston Review, Poem-a-Day, and The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNEXT anthology, as well as the Michigan Quarterly Review, for which they won the 2025 Jesmyn Ward Fiction Prize. Their short story, “This Time and the Next” will be included in The Best Short Stories 2026: The O. Henry Prize Winners. Their debut poetry collection, Orange, will be published by CavanKerry Press in May, 2026.
I Share Stories
Noel has spoken and taught at over 100 colleges, universities, and K-12 schools across the globe. They bring over a decade of experience in education, having worked as a creative writing teaching artist across all age groups, an English Literature teacher and professor, and Associate Director of Service Learning & Civic Engagement for a K-12 school. Through their keynotes “What We Owe Each Other” and “Working With Instead of For”, Noel invites connection by sharing their own story, acknowledging mistakes, centering vulnerability, and supporting others in sharing theirs.
Past Performances
