Dr. Francesa Denegri received a doctorate in Hispanic Studies from King's College, University of London. She lectured with the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies at University College London, and currently works in the Department of Humanities of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, supervises the PhD in Hispano-American Literature, and coordinates the RIEL XIX Interdisciplinary Network of 19th-century Latin American Studies research group.