Ricardo Alberto Maldonado was born and raised in Puerto Rico. He is the co-editor of Puerto Rico en mi corazón and the translator of Dinapiera Di Donato’s Collateral / Colaterales. His first collection of poems, The Life Assignment, was a finalist for the Norma Faber First Book Prize. A recipient of fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Queer|Arts|Mentorship and CantoMundo, he is at work on El proyecto de la literatura puertorriqueña.