About the Author: Paloma Lapuerta is Professor of Spanish at Central Connecticut State University, where she teaches course in Spanish language, culture, and literature. She has over twenty years of teaching experience at higher education institutions around the world, including Spain, Switzerland, South Africa, and the United States, where she has taught at the University of Michigan, Dartmouth College, and the Middlebury College Spanish School. She completed her Licenciatura in Spanish Philology at the University of Salamanca and earned her Ph.D. in Spanish Literature from the University of Geneva. She has published numerous articles and a book on Spanish culture and literature and is coauthor of Mosaicos, Unidos, Identidades, La escritura paso a paso, and Cortos en curso.