Lorena Ortiz was born and raised by Mexican immigrant parents in the Bay Area of California. She adores west coast sunsets and 70 degree weather year-round. That is why every winter at her current home in Washington, D.C., she grumbles about the weather the moment it falls below 60 degrees.

During the day she is a girl who codes health and claims data. During the early morning, lunch, breaks, evenings, and late night she writes the stories of her people. As a first-generation Mexican American woman, she has always written through the lens of a Latina who is surrounded by a spiritual intuitiveness and magic.

Her writing is influenced by her roots and the mysticism of Mexican culture. She is also the mom of several astounding children, daughter of an old-school Mexican mom, and wife to a D.C. high school principal, all of whom live under the same roof with her.