Katsí Yarí Rodriguez Velazquez has worked as a mentor and professor in various institutions of higher learning in Puerto Rico and Latin America. She specializes in Black feminisms, Black women’s expression and thought, and race and gender relations in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Katsí holds an M.A. in Cultural Action and Management from the University of Puerto Rico and an M.A. and Ph.D.in Africana Studies from Brown University. Her project highlights the profound decolonial practices found in Black Puerto Rican writers’ work and confronts their silencing through the development of courageous reading practices that create new memories about these women.
