Interview With ​Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa

Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa is a Puerto Rican author who has lived in the Bronx for most of her life. Before becoming a recognized writer, she spent decades working as a teacher and as a librarian in the New York City public school system. She has received multiple awards, and she is recognized for telling stories from the perspective of Afro-Latinas in Puerto Rico. In this interview with Héctor Rendón, Dahlma shares about her life, influences, and upbringing in the Bronx and Puerto Rico. She also talks about her novel 'A Woman of Endurance', and much more.
Interview ​by
Héctor Rendón
​11/22/2022
Héctor "Vale" Rendón (Mazatlán, México) is a publisher, writer, academic, and journalist. He currently works as Assistant Professor at the Newhouse School in Syracuse University. He has written three novels and has lived in five different countries. As a journalist, he has worked for more than a decade as editor, foreign correspondent, TV reporter, multimedia reporter, and editor-in-chief for several media outlets. His main areas of academic study are focused on media narratives about minorities in different social contexts. Throughout his life he has received several awards and grants that support both his academic and creative work.
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