Carla Abella Rodríguez is a PhD candidate at Universidad de Salamanca, where she has been granted an Ayuda para la Formación de Profesorado Universitario from El Ministerio de Universidades. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in English Studies at Universidad de León and later pursued a Masters in Advanced English Studies at Universidad de Salamanca. She is writing her thesis on African American literature and culture. She is a member of the research group Discursos y Poética de la (Post) Modernidad (Universidad de Salamanca) and the project Historia Crítica de la Literatura Étnica Norteamericana (CHEAL).