Education
She studied at the Instituto Superior Pedagógico Enrique José Varona, but did not graduate.
She studied at the Instituto Superior Pedagógico Enrique José Varona, but did not graduate.
From 1984 to 1988, she worked for the Delegación de Cuba at United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in Paris and in the Oficina Cultural de la Misión de Cuba in Paris. From 1990 to 1995, she was an editor of the magazine Cine Cubano. She has been married three times: with Cuban writer Manuel Pereira Quintero, with Cuban government official José Antonio González and Cuban independent filmmaker Ricardo Vega.
1982 Premio de Poesía Roque Dalton y Jaime Suárez Quemain 1995 Finalista del Premio Planeta. 1997 Premio Liberatur por Louisiana nada cotidiana. 2003 Premio Fernando Lara por "Lobas de mar". 2004 Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja, Louisiana Eternidad del Instante 2013 Premio Azorín por "Louisiana mujer que llora".