Rossy Evelin Lima (PhD) is a writer, scholar, and translator with an outstanding record of achievement across literature, scholarship, and translation. Her literary accomplishments include the publication of four poetry collections and two children's books. She has garnered international recognition, with her work featured in journals, magazines, and anthologies in more than a dozen countries and in six languages. She is also the founder of Jade Publishing and the Executive Director of Latino Book Review.
Dr. Lima has shared her experience as an undocumented writer in the United States to foster greater awareness and empathy. Her advocacy and storytelling have included a TEDx presentation and a nationally broadcast PBS documentary, Waking Dream, part of the iNation Media series. Additionally, she was mentioned in the seventh episode of the second season of the television series Jane the Virgin.
Her poetry has also reached audiences through musical interpretation. Her work has been set to music by composer Reinaldo Moya and performed by soprano Elena Villalón at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.; by two-time GRAMMY Award Nominee and soprano Laura Strickling in New York City; and by Harvard and Wesley College instructor and soprano Sonja Tengblad.
She has established herself as a highly respected translator, having worked with renowned organizations including the Federal Reserve Bank, Penguin Random House, and Arte Público Press, among others.
Dr. Lima's impressive list of accolades include:
Dr. Lima has shared her experience as an undocumented writer in the United States to foster greater awareness and empathy. Her advocacy and storytelling have included a TEDx presentation and a nationally broadcast PBS documentary, Waking Dream, part of the iNation Media series. Additionally, she was mentioned in the seventh episode of the second season of the television series Jane the Virgin.
Her poetry has also reached audiences through musical interpretation. Her work has been set to music by composer Reinaldo Moya and performed by soprano Elena Villalón at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.; by two-time GRAMMY Award Nominee and soprano Laura Strickling in New York City; and by Harvard and Wesley College instructor and soprano Sonja Tengblad.
She has established herself as a highly respected translator, having worked with renowned organizations including the Federal Reserve Bank, Penguin Random House, and Arte Público Press, among others.
Dr. Lima's impressive list of accolades include:
- The HER 2024 Rising Star by The Bend Magazine (Texas, 2024)
- The Corpus Christi Under 40 by the Young Professionals of the Coastal Bend (Texas, 2023)
- The Spirit of MLK Exemplary Award by the Islander Cultural Alliance at Texas A&M Corpus Christi (Texas, 2023)
- The Poet of the Year Award by The Americas Poetry Festival of New York (2018)
- The Premio Internazionale di Poesia La Finestra Eterea award (Milan, Italy, 2017)
- The International Latino Book Award (USA, 2016)
- The Premio Orgullo Fronterizo Mexicano award by the Institute of Mexicans (USA, 2016)
- The Premio Internazionale di Poesia Altino award (Venice, Italy, 2015);
- The National Gabriela Mistral Award by the National Hispanic Honor Society (USA, 2010), among others.
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Rossy Evelin Lima speaks about her experience as an undocumented immigrant in the U.S. at TEDx McAllen in 2015.
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Rossy Evelin Lima in conversation with Isabel Allende, 2019.
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Rossy Evelin Lima mentioned on the 7th episode of the 2nd season of the television series Jane the Virgin.
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Rossy on the cover of ARTE Cultura & Sociedad, 2024.
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Rossy delivers keynote speech at Texas Association of of Chicanos in Higher Education in Lubbock, Texas, 2026.
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Rossy receives the CC Under 40 Award from the Young Professionals of the Coastal Bend, 2023.
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World premiere of Rossy's musicalized poetry, Migrare Mutare, by the composer Reinaldo Moya; sung by the soprano Elena Villalón at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., 2022.
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Rossy receives the Spirit of MLK Exemplary Award at Texas A&M Corpus Christi, 2023.
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Rossy receives award from the Ready or Not Foundation, an organization dedicated to ending brain cancer, 2023.
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Rossy delivers keynote speech for Hispanic Heritage Month at Texas A&M Corpus Christi, 2022.
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Rossy receives the Poet of the Year Award at The Americas Poetry Festival of New York at the Instituto Cervantes in New York City, 2018.
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Rossy wins 1st place for her poetry at the Premio Internazionale di Poesia La Finestra Eterea award in Milan, Italy, 2017.
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Rossy Evelin Lima appears on the cover of Finding American, a book compiling stories of immigration from all 50 states.
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Rossy Evelin Lima delivers keynote speech for Keeping the Dream Alive at Sacramento State University, 2017.
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