Beatriz García Huidobro studied pedagogy at the University of Chile and was employed as a professor for 13 years. She served as Director of the Cultural Heritage Corporation of Chile for many years, overseeing projects such as congresses and conferences, and books on the investigation and dissemination of culture. She is Executive Editor of Ediciones Universidad Alberto Hurtado. She has published novels for children and adolescents with the editorial SM – Barco de Vapor, including Misterio en La Tirana and Septiembre. She won the contest “Santiago en 100 palabras” (“Santiago in 100 words”), which consisted in writing a short story with no more than 100 words. She has published novels with the editorial, Lom, including Hasta ya no ir, which was a finalist in the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Mexican literary competition, open to women novelists throughout Latin America, Nadar a oscuras, El espejo roto, among others.
Jacqueline Nanfito, Associate Professor of Spanish (Latin American Literature and Culture) is also a faculty member of the interdisciplinary programs of Women's and Gender Studies and Ethnic Studies. She has published several books on Latin American women writers: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, El sueño: Cartographies of Knowledge and the Self; Gabriela Mistral: On Women, a compilation and translation of selected prose writings about women by the Chilean Nobel Prize Poet, Gabriela Mistral; the translation of the short short stories (microcuentos) by award winning Chilean female author, Pía Barros; the translation of poems by the Chilean Jewish author and human rights activist, Marjorie Agosín, THE WHITE ISLANDS / LAS ISLAS BLANCAS; the translation of Agosin's prose poems about Anne Frank, ANNE: AN IMAGINING OF THE LIFE OF ANNE FRANK.
