Monika Estrella Negra (she/her) is a freelance journalist, filmmaker and curator of all things radical in media. Her first short titled “Flesh” is about a Black femme serial killer navigating the Chicago DIY punk scene (which was included in the ‘Horror Noire’ syllabus). She has directed two additional shorts, ‘They Will Know You By Your Fruit’ and ‘Bitten, A Tragedy’. Monika has written essays for Syfy Fangrrls, Black Girl Nerds, Grimm Magazine, Black Girls Create, Black Youth Project, Wear Your Voice Magazine, Rue Morgue, Fangoria and short stories published in Black Punk Now and Decoded Pride. In addition, she is the creator of Audre’s Revenge Film and Black and Brown Punk Show Chicago, Co-Owner of Queer Spec, Co-Host of Bitches on Comics and a current student at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She resides in Minneapolis with her partner and nine-year-old pitbull.