Mark Mariano is an award-winning Filipino writer, model, comedian and content creator from Blacktown, in western Sydney, on Darug land. Proudly queer, Mark’s editorial work spans across BuzzFeed Australia, SBS FOOD, ABC, Queerstories and iHeartRadio. He is also part of the Sweatshop Western Sydney Literacy Movement, through which his debut poem collection ‘Down From Doonside Station’ was published in 2019, and where he contributed to their 'Racism' (2021) and 'Stories Out West' (2023) anthologies.