Francesca Paola Casmiro Gallo was born in Cuzco (Peru). She studied Literary Criticism and Comparative Literature at the University of Rome, La Sapienza. She has worked in Spain, Guatemala and Mexico. In the latter country, she has devoted herself to researching the experience of children living in irregular settlements on the outskirts of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas. Her short story, Donne fatte di mais e spighe di grano, won the First Prize in the X National Literary Contest ‘Lingua Madre’. She is currently completing a PhD in Postcolonial Studies and Global Citizenship and teaches in secondary schools. Her most recent publications include: “Un corso interculturale di latinoamericani a Roma: «Le culture e le lingue dei popoli dell'America Latina. Incontro di due mondi»”, in Centro Studi e Ricerche IDOS (org.), Osservatorio sulle migrazioni a Roma e nel Lazio. XVIII Rapporto (2023); “«Mi colonia nació por invasión». Periferia y matria desde la mirada de niños y niñas en Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas”, Tabula Rasa (2022).
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