Gabriela Mayes is a Brazilian essayist and poet. Her recent work appears or is forthcoming in The Rumpus, Southern Humanities Review, The Westchester Review, and others.
Beyond writing, Gabriela directs graduate initiatives that bridge the academic and public humanities at Rice University. She holds a PhD in Communication Studies from Northwestern University. For her academic bio, visit profiles.rice.edu/staff/gabriela-garcia.
Gabriela grew up in São Paulo, where she was a contributing writer for Brazil's leading teen magazine. She is currently based in Houston, Texas.
