Ana Cristina Rossi
Areas of expertise
Environment, Writing, Indigenous Women
Degrees
- M.S. in Applied Foreign Languages, University of Paris, France
- Diplomat; English, Spanish and French; University of Paris, France
- M.S., Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands
Potential student research areas
- Afroacaribbean communities in Costa Rica
- Indigenous women
- Environmental activism in Costa Rica
Biography
Ana Cristina Rossi is a novelist and environmentalist. She is also a columnist in Costa Rica’s main newspapers and has worked in development projects with indigenous women and researched the history of Afrocaribbean communities in Costa Rica. Since 2009, she teaches in the University of Costa Rica. Her novel, La Loca de Gandoca, considered an ecofeminist novel, has sold more then 200,000 copies and is required reading in high schools and universities. Ana Cristina was awarded the Medalla Presidencial al Centenario del Nacimiento de Pablo Neruda in 2004 by the Chilean government for the social projection of her writing.