We are pleased to announce the winning applicant for the Tequila Interchange Project Writer-in-Residence Program is Carmen Lopez, a young writer who’s work was recently featured on L.A. Taco. Through the generosity of the Slow Food Negroni Week Innovation Fund, TIP's new Writer-in-Residence Program will connect Carmen with volunteer mentors and editors to publish bi-monthly pieces through TIP’s website. Carmen Lopez is a food chemist and a Mexican spirits expert currently based in Mexico City. As a former new yorker, she has worked with agave spirits for more than 10 years consulting, crafting cocktail menus and teaching about agave and her Zapotec heritage. You can see her on Netflix’s Taco Chronicles and occasionally sharing mezcal around the world.