MICRO-BIO

• I am a college English instructor and author of the book Leaving Little Havana: A Memoir of Miami's Cuban Ghetto published by Beating Windward Press (2014). The book received the 2015 International Latino Book Award: first place for the most inspira...More

  I am a college English instructor and author of the book Leaving Little Havana: A Memoir of Miami's Cuban Ghetto published by Beating Windward Press (2014). The book received the 2015 International Latino Book Award: first place for the most inspirational nonfiction narrative. I have published short stories and essays in publications such as Latina Magazine, Vista Magazine and Accent Miami. I started my career as a journalist and have worked for The Stockton Record, The San Francisco Chronicle and television stations in South Florida. 

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EXPERIENCE

• Nova University

  • English instructor
  • Communications
  • August 2013 to Present

EDUCATION

• Florida International University

  • MFA-Creative Writing
  • August 2007 to December 2010

• University of Miami

  • MA-English Literature
  • August 1994 to May 1996

Interests

• Arts

• Teaching Literature

• Creative Writing

• Culture

• History

• Politics

Links

• Cecilia M. Fernandez