Author - Gaby Alemán Vassallo

Gaby Alemán Vassallo is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill where she studied public policy, Latin American studies, and creative writing. Her family is a mix of Cuban, Argentinean, and Puerto Rican descent; she first visited Cuba in 2017 on a study abroad program and became the first person in her family to return to the island since 1964. In 2019 she worked for a travel agency that brings US-Americans to Cuba on educational and cultural trips. During the pandemic, she started working as a translator. Today, she travels back and forth between Miami and Havana, spending most of her time in Havana with friends, writing, and playing dominoes.