Claudia Becerra is a teacher and writer from Puerto Rico. She holds a bachelor's degree in Hispanic Studies with a minor in Gender Studies from the University of Puerto Rico, RÃo Piedras Campus, and a Ph.D. in Latin American poetry from Brown University. Prior to ¶¶Òõ̽̽, she was an Assistant Professor in the University of Puerto Rico, RÃo Piedras Campus, and taught all levels of Spanish language courses at The Calhoun School in New York. 
Between 2018 and 2022, she co-edited five volumes of The Puerto Rico Review, a print journal showcasing the work of writers and artists from Puerto Rico and its diasporas. More recently, in collaboration with artist VÃctor Torres, she was recipient of a 2024-2025 "Máquina Simple" Fellowship, sponsored by Beta-Local, which will support the curation of an experimental film cycle in Puerto Rico, featuring the work of local contemporary artists.
Her academic and creative interests are broad and continually expanding, focusing primarily on the relationship between the human and non-human in literature and film. Her work has appeared in numerous journals, magazines, and newspapers, including Caribbean Studies, Inti, Words Without Borders, Rialta, Lucerna, América Invertida, Periódico Claridad, Cruce, among others. 
She has published two poetry collections: ³§¾±°ù±ð²Ô²¹²õ  (2023, Riel Press) and Versión del viaje  (2018, Folium Press). 
