Odalis P. Hidalgo

Odalis P. Hidalgo was born in Perú, and has lived in the United States for 19 years. In 2007 she graduated with a B.A. in Spanish and French, and a concentration in translation, from Montclair State University. She then went on to obtain an M.A. in Spanish with a focus on Latin American studies also from Montclair State in 2010. Odalis is currently working on her doctoral dissertation, which examines the work of Peruvian author Manuel González Prada (1844-1918). She is also pursuing a Graduate Certificate in Film Studies, through which she is investigating racial and social inequalities. She is currently teaching Spanish in a private immersion school in Greenfield, MA.