Isabel Agajanian is a Mexican-American author, editor, and educator. She is the author of the memoir, The Distance Between Us, which details her experience growing up between two cultures and her search for identity. She has also published articles in the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and The Huffington Post, among other publications. She is a professor of English at California State University, Fresno, and is the co-editor of the anthology, The Open Road: Contemporary Writers of the Americas.