President

Alexandra Lytton Regalado is a Salvadoran-American author, editor, and translator. She is the author of Relinquenda, winner of the National Poetry Series (Beacon Press, 2022); the chapbook Piedra (La Chifurnia, 2022); and the poetry collection, Matria, winner of the St. Lawrence Book Award (Black Lawrence Press, 2017). Co-founder of Kalina press, Alexandra is author, editor, and/or translator of more than fifteen Central American-themed books.

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Treasurer

Lucía de Sola holds a BA in Modern European History and Literature from Harvard University, an MBA from Universidad Pontificia Católica de Chile, and an MFA in Creative Writing from Pacific University. She co-founded Editorial Kalina, a pioneering bilingual publisher of Salvadoran literature. Her career spans public and private sectors, including roles at El Salvador’s Ministry of Education, and the private sector. She has worked in public education and strategic mental health planning and represents El Salvador in the Global Mental Health Peer Network. A former board member of Voces Vitales El Salvador, she recently earned an Masters in Social Work from Columbia University.

Secretary

Efraín Caravantes is a multidisciplinary artist based in Antiguo Cuscatlán, El Salvador. Since 2008, his visual and graphic work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions, including his solo show Semen: los moldes del azar (2015). His art appears in private collections in El Salvador and abroad. His writing has been published in various Central American anthologies and journals. His book-length poem Casa won the 2020 Juegos Florales, El Salvador’s national poetry award, and was subsequently published in the Colección Juegos Florales. He also won first place in the I Certamen Letras Nuevas (2004) and third place in the XI Premio de Arte Joven (2010).

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