Mónica Sarmiento-Archer, Ph.D of Fine Art from the Complutense University in Madrid; MA in Spanish from St. John's University; Adjunct Assistant Professor at Hofstra, Director of Bi/coa: Bicultural / Community of the Americas. She writes poetry and participates in various poetry festivals and recitals. Her work has been included in several anthologies: the Fundación Miguel Hernández (Orihuela 2022); Octámbulos, El Ángel Editor (Quito 2022) and Nueva Poesía y Narrativa Hispanoamericana del Siglo XXI (Madrid 2020). Her most recent book of haikus was Brota el silencio / Sprouting Sounds (2022). For her support of cultural activities in Spain in 2012, she was decorated with the Royal and Distinguished Spani.sh Order of King Carlos III. She is also a painter and sculptor; her art is included in the following collections: 2019 MET Museum; 2017 MoMA Museum; 2012 José Luis Cueva Museum; 2012 Royal House of Spain and 2007 MOLAA Museum. She is a member of the Junior Board of the Queens Council of the Arts, and the Art Students League of New York.