Claudia Vaca
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Claudia Vaca (born 1984), full name Claudia Cecilia Vaca Flores, is a poet, fiction writer, essayist, and educator from Santa Cruz, Bolivia.[1]
Early life
Vaca was born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. She was raised, along with two brothers and three sisters, by her mother, Nuesa Rosely Vaca.[2] The family has roots in the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil and in the town of Roboré in the Chiquitos Province, where Vaca lived for a time as a child with her grandmother Pilar Flores, a Chiquitana schoolteacher.[3]
Education and career
Vaca obtained a degree in philology and a diploma in university teaching from the Gabriel René Moreno Autonomous University (UAGRM). She later moved to Chile to undertake graduate studies,[4] culminating in a doctorate project focusing on oral memory in the Chiquitana ecoregion of Bolivia.[3] She has worked as a language and literature teacher at the primary school, secondary school, and university levels.[2]
Vaca's poetry has been published in a wide range of literary journals and anthologies and partially reunited in poetry collections from editorial houses based in Bolivia, Uruguay, and Chile. Her essays and opinion pieces have been published in Bolivian and Chilean journals such as El Deber and El Mostrador.[5]
Marriage
Vaca is married to Veranika Lis,[2] a martial arts and meditation trainer from Belarus. The pair have collaborated in creating and leading workshops in Santiago de Chile, Santa Cruz, and La Paz that combine the exploration of literature and meditative practices.[4]
