Yolanda Flores is a native of California’s San Joaquín Valley. She graduated with honors from the University of California, Berkeley where she double-majored in history and Spanish literature. She later earned her first M.A. from the University of Chicago and a second M.A. from Cornell University, where she also completed her Ph.D. Professor Flores pursued graduate studies abroad at the Centro de Estudios Hispánicos in Madrid (under the auspice of Bryn Mawr College) and at the Programa de Posgraduacão da América Latina at the University of São Paulo (Brazil), where she studied Latin American film, art, and ethnolinguistics.
Professor Flores is the author of the book The Drama of Gender: Feminist Theater by Women of the Americas (2000, second edition 2002). Her article, “Resistance and Affirmation: Teaching Spanish in the U.S. Academy,” in the forthcoming book, Women of Color in Leadership: Taking Their Rightful Place is drawn from her current book project, an academic memoir tentatively entitled Brown-Eyed Daughter of the Sun. She is also co-editing the anthology Against All Odds: Testimonios of Higher Education from California’s Agricultural Heartlands.
Languages spoken:
Spanish (native)
Portuguese (reading, writing, speaking fluency)
French (reading ability)
Italian (beginner)
