Marcela Garcés is a Midland, Michigan native, born in 1981. She comes from a richly diverse background--half Colombian and half Scots-Irish. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish and Social Relations. She later attended the University of Minnesota for a Master’s degree in Hispanic Literature, and a Doctorate inHispanic Literatures and Cultures with a PhD minor in Museum Studies. Her love of learning has transformed into a love a teaching. In addition to being an author, she now works as an Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Classics at Siena College in Loudonville, New York. Garcés is a well-traveled soul whose writing is shaped by her experiences and her favorite theme of identity. Though she enjoys writing creatively, her academic writing is her primary focus and is circulated among her academic peers throughout the country. She has published many manuscripts and taken part in a number presentations which can be viewed in further detail on her Siena College Faculty page.