Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Ricardo Alberto Maldonado is the co-editor of Puerto Rico en mi corazón, the translator of Dinapiera Di Donato’s Colaterales/Collateral, and author of his forthcoming book The Life Assignment.
He has received fellowships from CantoMundo, Queer|Arts|Mentorship and the New York Foundation for the Arts. He is managing director at 92Y’s Unterberg Poetry Center.