Contact Ana

Ana is available for speaking engagements, in Spanish or English, about Cuba and the Cuban American experience, the artist-driven pro-democracy movement on the island, and her writing journey, from writing commentaries for NPR’s All Things Considered, to writing her memoir, Property of the Revolution.

Ana speaks regularly with high school students in history, English, and advanced Spanish classes. Teachers usually have students watch or listen to Ana’s NPR commentaries and PBS storytelling prior to her visit. Students, teachers and the author then have lively exchanges about post-revolutionary Cuba, the immigrant experience, Cuban culture, and the power of writing to heal and enrich us.

For speaking opportunities, please contact:
Nemat Eltiar
512-501-4399 x710
nemat@prbythebook.com

Publicity details: prbythebook.com

Ana in conversation with Ann Kagarise on Real Talk with Tina & Ann

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Ana on Pero…Let me tell you

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¡Hola!

Thanks so much for stopping in. I hope you’ll poke around and learn more about my passion: celebrating the power and resilience of immigrant families.

That’s what I set out to do with my award-winning memoir, Property of the Revolution: From a Cuban Barrio to a New Hampshire Mill Town (She Writes Press/Simon and Schuster Distribution). It’s an intimate, personal story about home, family, politics, and courage.

I was nearly six when the revolution my working-class family had initially supported ended up landing on our heads. The viejos—elders—in our family were forced to break apart our large extended family to save our small young one. My memoir brings you on that journey loss and reinvention and shows you why we found the best of ourselves and America in a snowy New Hampshire town.

I grew up in that town, Nashua, graduated from Smith College and, after enjoying a career in software consulting, began my writing career. My writing about Cuba and Cuban Americans has appeared in the The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and elsewhere. My commentaries and storytelling have aired on national broadcasts of NPR’s All Things Considered and PBS’s Stories from the Stage.

Property of the Revolution, my first book, has won 1st place in a number of awards and was shortlisted in two international writing competitions, the 2023 Restless Book’s New Immigrant Writing Prize and the 2022 Cintas Creative Writing Fellowship.

The best prize is when readers tell me that Property of the Revolution took them to a place they’d never been and didn’t want to leave: the home of a loving, brave, multigenerational immigrant family. They tell me they’ve gained a deeper understanding of the immigrant and refugee experience. That’s the dream I had for the book, the gift I wanted to share with my readers.

After forty years in the Boston area, I recently moved to southern New Hampshire with my family and two Havanese pups, Luna and Beny Moré. When I’m not writing, I love birdwatching, floating on Lake Winnipesaukee, and digging in my garden.