User:JKizzieHumanities/Luisa Murillo

Luisa Murillo is an acclaimed poet living and working in Providence, Rhode Island.

Murillo grew up in Bolivia and immigrated to the United States as a child. She graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 2013 and is a leader in the Rhode Island Latinx and immigrant community, having served on the board of the Center for Hispanic Policy and Advocacy and as director of special programs at Progreso Latino, a non-profit in Central Falls, Rhode Island.

Murillo's poetry is written in three languages: English, Spanish and Queucha. In 2019, Murillo was awarded the MacColl Johnson Fellowship for her poetry.