Education

Columbia University                                                       2000-2002

Masters Degree in Journalism

State University of New York at Albany                 1990-1994

Double Major in English Literature and Spanish Literature 

Colegio de Madrid, Spain                                             Summer 1992

 Spanish Literature Course Credits

NYU School of Continuing Education                   Spring-Fall 1995

Magazine Production

Work Experience

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Latina  Magazine                                                        May 04-Present

Book Contributor

Contributes monthly book picks and provides publishing related articles for top national women’s magazine in Latino market. 

Random House/Vintage Español                        Oct.2005- Feb2006

Editorial Consultant

Advised and oversaw projects in editorial, publicity, and marketing responsibilities for Vintage’s book publishing imprint in Spanish.

Críticas Magazine                                                       Feb.2001-Jan.2004

Editor-in-Chief

Launched Reed Business trade publication for the U.S. English speaking market on the domestic and international Spanish-language book market. Oversaw entire editorial production of bimonthly magazine, organizes and speaks on panels and events at global trade conferences, works with salesteam on marketing strategies. Reported on U.S. Latino publishing market for sister magazines Publishers Weekly and Library Journal. Served as Association of American Publishers’ (AAP’s) Media Spokesperson for Publishing Latinos Initiative.

SOLOELLA.com                                                      Feb.2000-Jan.2001

Arts & Entertainment Producer

Conceptualized and edited the Arts & Entertainment page for bilingual Latina website with original content. Responsible for editing music, television, literary, film, and visual arts features.

Latin Scene/ Latin Teen                                              Sept.1999- 2000

Editor-in-Chief 

Launched and edited Starlog Publishing's English-language Latino entertainment and lifestyles magazines with a national distribution.

Freelance Journalist                                                     July 1996- Present                                          

Arts and cultural writer for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Latina, Black Book, Time Out New York, Publishers Weekly, Hopscotch: A Cultural Review and other publications.

Progressive Media Project                                        March 1997-Present    Op Ed Writer 

Editorial writer for Knight-Ridder newspapers nationwide with a focus on Latin American and U.S. political and cultural relations.

Creative Writer  and Editor for book anthologies: 

• Juicy Mangos  (“Don’t Be Mad At Me,” Simon & Schuster, 2007) 

• Fifteen Candles: 15 Tales of Taffeta, Hairspray, Drunk Uncles, and other Quinceañera Stories (Editor, HarperCollins, 2007)

• Borderline Personalities: A New Generation of Latinas Dish on Sex, Sass, and Cultural Shifting (“Straddling Desire,” HarperCollins, 2004) 

• Colonize This: Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism (“Difficult Chicas,” Seal Press, 2002).

Translator

Translated Spanish to English copy for both creative and professional works. Random House Mondadori, Etiqueta Negra (creative non-fiction, Written by Julio Villanueva Chang), Riverside (Film Script Written and directed by Harold Trompetero)

Member of PEN America since 2006

***Writing samples and references available on request***