“Baggage means no matter how far you go, no matter how many times you immigrate, there are countries in you you’ll never leave.“
- Name: Elaine Castillo
- Born: 1984
- From: Milpitas, CA
- Pronouns: She/her
- Occupation: Author, Writer
- Known For: Her first novel, America is Not the Heart (2018)
- Awards: She won the Roselyn Schneider Eisner Prize three times and was nominated for the Pat Kavanagh Award, a Pushcart Prize and a Gatewood Prize in 2018.
- Interesting Facts: Castillo owns a German Shepherd named Xena.
Elaine Castillo is Filipina American and an American author known for writing America is Not the Heart. Her book was praised for bringing attention to the working-class immigrants in the Bay area of California. She graduated from University of California, Berkely. She moved to London in 2009 and received a MA in Creative and Life Writing from Goldsmiths, University of London.
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