Aliete GuerreroAliete Guerrero comes from coffee, coconut water, and mango juice. She comes from soccer, samba, and Carnival.Growing up in a dictatorship in Brazil inspired her to come to the United States in search of freedom. Writing is her calling, and she carris her notebook and pen wherever she goes. She also loves classical music, taking long power walks, and being in nature with her writers group. Aliete's work appears in Catamaran Literary Reader and Chicago Quarterly Review, among other publications. Her writings grapple with complex emotions. Her prose is lyrical, dark, and sometimes funny. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Henry, her youngest son, Chris, and her cat, Derrick Rose. Read More Read Less