CARIDAD MORO-GRONLIER – poet laureate of Miami-Dade County and a 2025 Academy of American Poets laureate fellow – is the author of Tortillera: Poems, winner of the Texas Review Press Southern Poetry Breakthrough Prize, and the forthcoming Through the Lens (TRP, 2026). She serves as senior editor of SWWIM Every Day and poetry curator-at-large at The Betsy Hotel. A 2025 National Book Award judge in poetry, Moro-Gronlier’s honors include the Julia Peterkin Literary Award, multiple Miami-Dade artist grants, and fellowships from the Elizabeth George Foundation and the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs. She lives in Miami with her family.
