Antoinette Klimek has lived all sorts of lives in all sorts of places, and she enjoys writing about characters who do the same. She is Vietnamese-American and a former professional ballet dancer, experiences which informed her work “Mother Tongue.” Her dramas, comedies, and poetry have received regular accolades on the media platform HitRecord, particularly in the site’s Weekly Writing Challenge, which she has also guest-hosted. When not writing, she can be found in the ballet studio, coaching upcoming generations of performing artists in the art of non-verbal storytelling.