Haydée Zayas-Ramos is a Puerto Rican writer, certified reading promoter, speaker, and cultural manager. She is the founder of the Vivo del Cuento project, dedicated to promoting reading and writing, both creative and therapeutic. She publishes for children, youth and adults. She has offered writing workshops, conferences and activities to encourage reading in the United States, Bahamas, Cuba, Spain, Morocco and Puerto Rico. She is currently pursuing her doctoral studies in Puerto Rican and Caribbean Literature, where she has focused her thesis research on the picture book. When she was little, she made up stories on the back of her notebooks. She illustrated them with mushrooms or little birds, which was the only thing she knew how to draw. She was a writer since before she knew that it was a career. Haydée has published Un café con la elefanta with Hilo Colectivo that received an honorable mention in the International Latino Books Awards (2025) and a bronze medal for cover design in the same competition.
Biografía en español
Haydée Zayas-Ramos es una escritora puertorriqueña, promotora de lectura certificada, oradora y gestora cultural. Es la fundadora del proyecto Vivo del Cuento, dedicado a promover la lectura y la escritura, tanto creativa como terapéutica. Publica para niños, jóvenes y adultos. Ha impartido talleres de escritura, conferencias y actividades para fomentar la lectura en Estados Unidos, Bahamas, Cuba, España, Marruecos y Puerto Rico. Actualmente cursa estudios de doctorado en Literatura Puertorriqueña y Caribeña, donde ha centrado su investigación de tesis en el libro ilustrado. De niña, inventaba historias en el reverso de sus cuadernos. Las ilustraba con hongos o pajaritos, que era lo único que sabía dibujar. Fue escritora desde antes de saber que podía ser una profesión. Haydée ha publicado Un café con la elefanta con Hilo Colectivo, recibiendo una mención honorífica en los International Latino Books Awards (2025) y una medalla de bronce por el diseño de la portada en el mismo concurso.
Books published with Hilo Colectivo:
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