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A little bit about myself

My name is Ericka Ghersi and I am from Perú. I grew up on the north coast of Perú (Piura y Tumbes). Then we moved to Lima where I did my bachelor’s in Mass Communications (Journalism and Film Studies) in Universidad de San Martín de Porres and Universidad de Lima. Once I was done with my studies, I worked for two important newspapers: El Peruano and Cambio. In both places, I worked for their respective cultural sections not only writing about literature and film, but also interviewing well-known Latin American writers, and later on designing the cultural page. At that time, Universidad de San Martin de Porres published my first poetry book: Zenobia y el Anciano.

However, I felt I needed to do some more, so I decided to study Literature. I went to Ohio (USA) and I got a master’s degree in Spanish Literature at Bowling Green State University. Very excited with the scholar life in the United States, I started my doctorate in Latin American Literature at the University of Florida. Once at the University of Florida, I published my second book of poetry: Contra la Ausencia. I also published my poems in several reviews, magazines, and anthologies in Latin America and Europe, and you can find some of my poems translated in English and Italian as well.

At the University of Florida I teach Beginner Spanish and Advanced Beginner Spanish classes. You can reach me at the Department of Romance Languages, University of Florida, 321 Yon Hall. Check my schedule on the current course I am teaching if you want to see me, or we can set an appointment at eghersi@ufl.edu.

Besides my professional life, I am a mother of a baby girl named Alexandra. Here you will find pictures taken by me of Alex and her daddy. Being mother, wife, writer and student is not easy, but all these parallel stages make my life more challenging, and challenge is what people need in life to feel alive.

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