Gina Ruiz

A contemporary commonplace

Writing & inquiry.

I’m Gina Ruiz, a writer from Northeastern Los Angeles. Here you’ll find fiction, essays, research, food writing, and the projects that connect them.

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Writing & inquiry

More than one way into a story.

Fiction & storytelling

Characters, imagined worlds, and stories rooted in place.

Academic work

Literary food studies, cultural memory, legal studies, and institutional policy.

Food & memory

Family histories and traditions carried through the kitchen.

About Gina

Rooted in Los Angeles.
Open to other worlds.

Gina Ruiz (she/her/ella) is a native Angeleno and Chicanx author based in Northeastern Los Angeles. Her fiction has appeared in Ban This! and Lowriting, published by Broken Sword Publications.

She holds an MA in English from Arizona State University and a BS in English, magna cum laude, from Northeastern University. She is pursuing a Master of Studies in Law at USC Gould School of Law, with expected graduation in August 2027.

A Gina Ruiz project

Different worlds. A shared home.

The Choloverse

Other worlds. Same gente.

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AmoXcalli

News, Reviews & Interviews.

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Doña Lupe’s Kitchen

Recipes, stories, and the love we pass on.

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Worlds & Margins

Stories, essays, and the spaces between.

A journal in development.

From my desk

Notes & essays