Vallerie Matos

Vallerie Matos is a writer from Washington Heights, New York. She is an English PhD student at the CUNY Graduate Center with research interests in Sound Studies, Glossolalia, and Afro-Latinx literature. She is a Teaching Fellow at Queens College and Adjunct Professor of Black and Latinx Studies at Baruch College. Vallerie holds an MA in literature from Hunter College and a BS from New York University. Prior to CUNY, Vallerie was a Program Director for an arts and social justice youth development program for 5 years.