For Pride Month this year, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various LGBTQIA+ workers who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today's profile is C. Quintana of the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE).
C. Quintana is a queer writer with Cuban blood and New Orleans roots whose work proclaims, "You are not alone." Quintana staffed on "Orphan Black: Echoes," premiering on AMC this June, started her television-writing career on "The Baker and the Beauty" for ABC/Keshet, and most recently worked on Fox’s "Alert: Missing Persons Unit." As a playwright, Quintana’s work has been produced nationwide. Most recently, Life Jacket Theatre Company named Quintana the inaugural recipient of its Trans Playwriting Commission. A Guild member since fall 2019, Quintana is a proud co-leader of WGAE LGBTQ+ Salon alongside Andrés Pérez-Duarte and T Cooper. For more, visit cquintana.com.