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Amanda Alcántara

Amanda Alcántara is a Caribbean writer, performer, and journalist. Her creative writing and journalistic work has been featured in anthologies and several news publications, and she is a co-founder and previous editor of La Galería Magazine. She's also produced podcasts for NPR's Latino USA and written articles for Remezcla on all things music. In 2021, Alcántara began recording Spanish language audiobooks, starting with providing the voiceover for the Spanish translation of The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman. She recently moved to the Dominican Republic and launched the Spanish-language podcast Radio Místico, exploring all things myths and legends from a Caribbean perspective.

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