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Dr.
Mavel Velasco-Muñoz, Chair
Mavel
is a native of Bolivia where she was exposed to the Quechua and Aymara
indigenous communities, and where she first developed an understanding and the
desire to fight for human rights. Mavel maintains strong ties with her native
country. She is a member of Los Libros del Sol an
organization that aims to provide better educational opportunities to the
indigenous communities of the Isla del Sol, Bolivia. Mavel was
brought up in a multi-cultural, multi-lingual family and has raised two
bilingual, bicultural sons. Mavel has traveled extensively around the world and
has lived in Saudi Arabia, Spain, and Japan. She moved to the United States
during her teen years and currently holds a Ph.D. in Latin American Literature
from Rutgers University in New Jersey. Her doctoral dissertation dealt with
feminine archetypes in the literary works of Uruguayan writer Cristina Peri Rosi.
As a nationally and internationally known lecturer and writer she has given
numerous lectures on Spanish Literature and Culture and
Civilization of South America and has published several articles on Contemporary
Latin American Literature journals. She is presently a professor of Spanish at
Virginia Wesleyan College where she teaches Spanish language courses and Latin
American Literature, Civilization, and Latin American Music and Dance courses.
| Board of Directors
Dr. Mavel Velasco-Muñoz
Chair
mvelasco@hispaniclf.org
Wellinthon Muñoz
Vice-Chair
wmunoz@hispaniclf.org
- Media Relations
Dr. Marcela A. Chaván-Matviuk
Community Outreach
mmatviuk@hispaniclf.org
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