Dr. Gabriela Christie Toletti was born in Montevideo (Uruguay) as Gabriela Toletti Altieri. She is the Liberal Arts chair and professor of Spanish at Tidewater Community College (Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.). She is also an adjunct professor of literature and world cultural studies at Old Dominion University (Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.). Previously she taught Spanish and literature at Wingate University (Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.), and English at the Alianza Cultural Uruguay-Estados Unidos (Montevideo, Uruguay). She has specialized in the areas of Latin American literature, Hispanic theater, world cultural studies, psychology, pedagogy, academic program development, study abroad programs, and Spanish and English teaching and translation. She graduated as a Teacher of English as a Second Language from the Alianza Cultural Uruguay-Estados Unidos, as a clinical psychologist from the University of the Republic (Montevideo, Uruguay), and with an MA and PhD in Latin American Literature from the State University of New York at Buffalo (Buffalo, New York, U.S.). She has been a speaker at literature conferences and has been interviewed for TV and radio on a variety of topics such as Hispanic heritage, literature, and the work of the Uruguayan American Foundation. She has written articles and compilations, has translated plays, and has been granted scholarships to carry out literary research. She has also dabbled in drawing. Her articles and books mainly address issues of migration, oppression, dictatorship, cultural identity, and group dynamics. “El reencuentro de una familia del Río de la Plata” was included in a book on experiences of migration entitled Transatlantische Auswanderergeschichten: Reflexionen und Reminiszenzen aus drei Generationen. She is also the author of two research books: On the Scene with Migration and Dictatorship: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Work of Uruguayan Playwright Dino Armas (2017) and Migración y dictadura en escena: Un acercamiento interdisciplinario a la obra del dramaturgo uruguayo Dino Armas (2017). Gabriela is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Uruguayan American foundation with headquarters in Washington, D.C. She resides in Norfolk (Virginia, U.S.) with her husband Charles “Chuck” Cody Christie, Jr. and their pets. Gabriela is currently writing a bilingual children’s book about the rescue and journey or their Uruguayan American dog Chorro.