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Fiordenisse Ureña

Overview

Fiordenisse Ureña (Age 31) Born and raised in the ] [[New York] ] and is a member of the NYC Council. She had published a few poems on The Accent Review and presently works on the [[NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development] ]. She also, participate as members of organizations Public Services Management (PSM) Club- City College and [http://National%20Stuttering%20Association. National Stuttering Association.]

Life

Born in Washington Heights, New York, from Dominican immigrants’ parents. At the age of thirteen, to develop a strong interest in poetry, after reading the works of Ruben Dario, Pablo Neruda, and Salome Urena. She obtains her BBA Marketing Management -International Marketing on Baruch College with a minor in Italian. After she achieves her Master’s in Public Administration from The City College of New York. Presently works as Fiordenisse Ureña analyst-Strategic Operation & Analytics on the [http://NYC%20Department%20of%20Housing%20Preservation%20and%20Development. NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development.] Her work on poetry is drawn from other people’s stories and personal experiences and her also fluent on the language of Spanish, English, and Italian.

Literacy Contribution

Fiordenisse Ureña has utilized her poetry to connect to the identity of most Latinos childhood. She explains the growing up as a child and the consequences of misbehavior. Further, she also connected to the Latinos identity and struggles that the physical traits come along with our identity. Her first poem “La Chancleta” published in April 2019, significance the discipline Latinos Children received by their parents. La Chancleta which is a “Flip flop shoes” was the way children were spanked if they misbehave, for most children the “Chancleta” had a function that helps them to grow to be honest, for some the “Chancleta” had two functions to wear and to be disciplined. On her Second poem, “Pelo Necio” is based on their identity of a mixture of races. The physical characteristics that Latinos are recognized for, Ureña speaks about how curly hair is a sign of her identity and who she is as Latina. While she may fight and struggle to fix it, it always shows her roots and what is her mixture of races.

Work List

Estimada Chancleta

Pelo Necio

Work Cited

https://www.linkedin.com/in/fiordenisse-urena-mpa-38408516

www.acentosreview.com/February2019/fiordenisse-urena.html