Claudia D. Hernández was born and raised in Guatemala. She’s a photographer, poet, translator, and a bilingual educator residing in Los Angeles. She writes short stories, children’s stories, and poetry in Spanish, English, and sometimes weaves in Poqomchiʼ, an indigenous language of her Mayan heritage. Claudia is currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing for Young People, with an emphasis in poetry, at Antioch University, Los Angeles. Various online literary journals and anthologies throughout the United States, UK, Canada, Mexico, and Spain have published her work.
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