Blanca Vázquez,

Bio:

Blanca I Vázquez is an alumna of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and was the founding editor of CENTRO, the academic journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (1987-1997). She taught in Film and Media Studies at Hunter College, where she is also co-director of the James Aronson Awards for Social Justice Journalism, and received the Isendorf Presidential Award for Excellence in Part-Time Teaching.