María Esther Quintana Millamoto is an associate professor of Hispanic Studies at Texas A&M University. She served as the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Hispanic Studies from 2017 to 2020. Originally from Chihuahua, Mexico, she pursued her Master’s and PhD at the University of California, Berkeley. Her book, 'Los pícaros, bufones y cronistas de Maluco: La novela de los descubridores,' was published by Linardi y Risso in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 2008. Another notable work, titled 'Madres e hijas melancólicas en seis novelas étnicas de crecimiento de autoras latinas,' was published in 2014 by the Instituto Benjamin Franklin at the University of Alcalá in Pamplona, Spain. Dr. Quintana has also published critical essays in refereed journals across Cuba, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Her teaching focuses on U.S. Latino Literature/Culture, Women’s Studies, and Latin American Literature/Culture, and she is currently working on a project that explores contemporary memoirs by Jewish Latin American authors.