María T. Balogh is a bilingual, bicultural poet, fiction writer, dancer, doodler & educator originally from South America. She teaches creative writing in Spanish & South American literature, specializing in magical realism & Gabriel García Márquez at UMSL. She also dances & reads poetry with Grupo Atlántico associated with the Missouri Folk Arts Program that helps promote the Hispanic Caribbean culture in Missouri. A book of her poetry in Spanish was recently published by Ediciones Torremozas.