Teresita Goyeneche (Cartagena, 1985) is an International Relations graduate from the University of the North (Colombia), holds a Master’s degree in Creative Writing from Columbia University and she is a doctoral student at the City University of New York (CUNY). She has worked for organizations such as the Leo Espinosa Foundation, the Gabo Foundation, and Mutante; and has written for media outlets including El Malpensante, the Spanish-language edition of Vice and El Espectador. In 2017, Teresita was a finalist for the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) awards in the Chronicle category, an intern of the Beca Gabo in 2018 and received recognition from the jury of the Simón Bolívar National Journalism Awards in the Chronicle category in 2022. Her first book, La personalidad de los pelícanos (Tusquets), was published in 2022.