is the author of three novels, among them Fabula de la inmortalidad ("Immortality Fable"; UNAM, Mexico, 1995, Collec. Rayuela Nacional); and "Amor en aerosol" ("Love in aerosol"), which was a finalist in the "Agustin Yanez" competition held by the Mortiz-Planeta publishing house for the best novel of 1993. Her short fiction has been extensively anthologized throughout Latin America and Spain. She's also written adventure stories for teenagers, Dias de pinta ("Skipping School"). She studied pedagogy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and did Ph.D. studies in education in Madrid. She has taught English and French, and at present teaches writing skills, literary theory and critical reading at the National Center for the Promotion of Literature. She is at the University of Iowa through a fellowship from the AT&T Foundation.