Background
Cabañas, Susanne Conrad was born on September 13, 1941 in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Daughter of Carroll Conrad and Ana Gloria (Cabañas) San Antonio.
Cabañas, Susanne Conrad was born on September 13, 1941 in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Daughter of Carroll Conrad and Ana Gloria (Cabañas) San Antonio.
Certified real estate broker, Eastern School for Real Estate, 1972. Associate of Arts, City University of New York, 1978. Bachelor in magna cum laude, City University of New York, 1989.
Postgraduate, City University of New York, since 1990.
Secretary Ingersoll Rand Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, 1969. Research assistant Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospital, New York City, 1970-1971. Housing coordinator Lenox Hill Hospital, 1971-1975.
Foreign language tutor Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York, 1976-1979. Assistant department Black and Puerto Rican studies Hunter College City University of New York, 1979-1981, assistant Center for Puerto Rican Studies Hunter College, 1983-1986, assistant to director U.P.R. academy exchange program Hunter College, 1986-1990. Production assistant documentary film Los Dos Mundos de Angelita, New York City and, Puerto Rico, 1981.
Assistant Center for Puerto Rican Studies John Jay College City University of New York, 1982. Assistant director Renigades Housing Movement, 1982-1983. Caseworker New York City Department Homeless Services, 1995-1997.
Consultant on poetry workshops and performances, counseling, since 1992. Mentor Young People's East Harlem Resource Center, 1992. Poet, writer Bronx Council on Arts/Writers Corps, 1994.
Participant individual and group poetry readings and performances, New York City area and Puerto Rico, since 1977. Assistant Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, since 1997.
Community activist, since 1970. Member International Women's Writing Guild.
Married Arnaldo Garcia, October 3, 1959 (divorced January 1971). Children: Arnaldo, Suzanne.