Mariamnny Contreras Fernández, Ph.D. Student in Spanish Literature and Culture at Georgetown University, was born and raised in Venezuela. She is a sociologist who graduated from the Universidad Central de Venezuela and holds a Master of Arts in Iberian and Latin American Studies from the University of Notre Dame. Her research interests center on gender studies, queer studies, body studies, performative-discursive practices, diasporic writing and the relationship between culture and politics.