Áurea María Altamirano Cuaresma

Áurea María Altamirano Cuaresma was born in Lima- Peru, graduated with a B.A. in Child Development from Federico Villarreal National University from Peru and worked as a preschool teacher before migrating to Berkeley, U.S. in 2008 to work as Au pair and study. She currently works in an bilingual afterschool program in Berkeley and has taught Spanish to children and adults in groups around the Bay Area for various years. She has published some of her poems in the newspaper Berkeley Times, and her artwork in Milvia Street Journal. Her poetry collection, “ Mariposa De Fuego: A journey to Empowerment” is her first book to be published.