The Puerto Rican Literature Project

Team

Team Leadership

Gabriela Baeza Ventura, PhD, Deputy Director, Arte Público Pres; Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Program; US Latino Digital Humanities Center; University of Houston

Lorena Gauthereau, PhD, Digital Programs Manager, Arte Público Press

Claire Jiménez, PhD, Assistant Professor of English and African American Studies, University of South Carolina

Ricardo Maldonado, PhD, President and Executive Director, Academy of American Poets

Enrique Olivares Pesante, ABD, University of California, Los Angeles

Roque Raquel Salas Rivera, PhD, poet, educator, and translator (2021-2023)

Carolina Villarroel, PhD, CA, Director of Research, Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage; US Latino Digital 

Humanities Center, Arte Público Press

Project Manager

Miriam Damaris Maldonado, Arte Público Press

Web Development

Anneliese Dehner, Independent Digital Library Developer

Advisory Board

Nicolás Kanellos, PhD, Arte Público Press

Luis Negrón, Founder, Librería La Esquina

Ángel Antonio Ruiz Laboy, Associate Director of Arts and Culture, The Center for Puerto Rican Studies

Mayra Santos-Febres, PhD, Universidad de Puerto Rico

Alyssa N. Villegas Rodríguez, M.F.A

Research and Outreach Specialists

Ana Castillo Muñoz, escritora, (April 2021 -2024)

Ana Portnoy Brimmer, escritore y traductore, (April 2021 -2024)

Translators

Alejandro Álvarez Nieves, PhD, University of Puerto Rico

Urayoán Noel, PhD, New York University

Sabrina Ramos Ruben, graduate student, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras

Carina del Valle Schorske, PhD, independent writer and translator

Roque Raquel Salas Rivera, PhD, independent poet, educator, and translator (2021-2023)

Artists

José Arturo Ballesta

Bibiana Suárez

Yasmín Hernández

Focus Group

Essah Díaz, The Center for Puerto Rican Studies

Sabrina Ramos Rubén, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras

Rojo Robles, PhD, Baruch College

Rosa Scott, Rosa Scott Consulting

Kelly Villar, Staten Island Urban Center

Arte Público Press Staff

Ayda Abyar, Financial Coordinator

Ana Cantú, Financial Coordinator (2021-2023)

Linda García Merchant, USLDH Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2023)

Nellie Gonzalez, Business Administrator

Yamaris D. (Dianne) Pacheco Rodríguez, Intern

Ivette Román Roberto, Project Manager (2022)

Mikaela Selley, CA

Arte Público Press Research Fellows

Maribel Bello

Iván Brave

Andrea Cuevas

Yanina Hernández

Elías David Navarro

Perla Ortiz

Camilo Rodríguez

Carolina Suárez Latorre

Alaíde Ventura Medina