Christopher Moncayo-Torres

Christopher Moncayo-Torres is an Ecuadorian-American playwright, live storyteller and teaching artist, born and bred in Queens, NY. He first practiced creative writing while pretending to study for his forensic psychology degree. He is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Fail Better NYC, a developmental BIPOC and CUNY centered community of multi-disciplinary art-makers who safely experiment together with their unfinished, messes-in-progress through free workshops. He also produces and hosts the monthly live storytelling-workshop show, Fail Better Story Time. He has been featured on The Moth podcast and is one of their newest teaching artists.