I’m Jonathan Michael Saucedo, a Chicago-based writer, actor, and educator with an MFA in Writing from Lindenwood University and a BA in Theater and Secondary Education from Loyola University Chicago. My work explores chronic illness, disability, and LGBTQ+ love through writing, performance, and multimedia storytelling. My work has been published in The Metaworker Literary Magazine, Flare Literary Magazine, The Orange Rose Literary Magazine, and Dreamers Creative Writing, and performed with Echo Theatre Collective’s Reverb Ensemble. This site is a central hub for my writing and creative work, including selected essays and stage work, my prose-poetry chapbook A Silent Love Letter, the visual podcast Unfolding Hope, and archived writing from my Substack Unfolding Hope: The Chronic Illness Diaries.