Returning for her second residency at the Caetani Centre, Elaine Ávila (she/her) is a Fulbright Scholar and an award-winning playwright, working in over forty cities/countries, including: Panamá City, Sintra, Pico, Costa Rica, Paris, Peru, London, New York, Lisbon, Australia, Los Angeles, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Victoria. 

Best New Play Awards:  Festival de los Cocos, Panamá City, Victoria Critics Circle and the Disquiet International Literary Program in Lisbon. She has taught in universities from Portugal to lutruwita (Tasmania), China to Panamá. She is currently on the Creative Writing Faculty at Douglas College. 

She is the founder of the LEAP Playwriting Program at the Arts Club and co-founder of the International Climate Change Theatre Action, now reaching 75,000 audience members worldwide. Her books are available from NoPassport Press and Talonbooks.