Micha Cárdenas is an artist/theorist who works in social practice, wearable electronics and intersectional analysis. She is a PhD student in Media Arts and Practice (iMAP) at University of Southern California and a member of Electronic Disturbance Theater 2.0. Her book The Transreal: Political Aesthetics of Crossing Realities was published by Atropos Press in 2012, discusses art that uses augmented, mixed and alternate reality and its intersection with transnational politics of gender.