Aned Ladino is a Ph.D. candidate in the Spanish and Portuguese Department focusing on Latin American Literature and Culture. Her primary research interests are literature, cultural and sound studies with an emphasis on female writers and hybrid narratives that involved racial, gender, and queer frameworks. She is the co-founder and co-editor of the graduate students' magazine "Plaza Pública" Aned received an M.A. in Spanish and a B.A. in Spanish and Latin American Studies with a minor in Journalism from the University of Central Florida. She served as a Peace Corps Volunteer for two years in Ecuador in the Youth and Family sector