Poet, writer and storyteller with a long career, she is considered today as one of Colombia’s most important poets and writers. She specialized in Literature Teaching at the University of Quindío, Armenia, 1999 and studied Play and Recreation for Social and Cultural Development at the Los Libertadores University in Bogota, 2003. She obtained a Diploma in the Management of Cultural Projects, and the UNESCO Chair Diploma, Didactics of the Comprehension and Production of Written Texts, El Valle University, 2004. Author of children's books such as Entre panela y confite, El gran scarto de Petronila and La Niña en el espejo, and poetry collections including Negra Soy.