Odette Casamayor-Cisneros explores the intersections of identification, diaspora, and Black consciousness as both writer and scholar. A professor of Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, she is the author of Utopía, distopía e ingravidez, a critical study of post-Soviet Cuban narratives, and Una casa en los Catskills, a short story collection reflecting on displacement and belonging. Her forthcoming experimental memoir, In Black Ink: Writings from the Flesh of a Black Cuban Woman, offers her most intimate excavation yet of embodied Black womanhood and diasporic identity within today’s global landscape. Her boundary-crossing contributions have garnered international recognition, including the prestigious “Juan Rulfo” Prize from Radio France International in Paris and the “José Juan Arrom” Prize for Literary Essay in Havana. Through her literary writing, art criticism, and scholarly practice, Casamayor-Cisneros consistently interrogates the politics of representation, opening new avenues for understanding the intricate interplay between artistic creation, cultural identity, and lived experience.