Miriam HerreraM. Miriam Herrera is an American author and poet. She teaches Introduction to Mexican Studies as well as Composition and Rhetoric and Creative Writing at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.She is also a Lecturer with the Department of Writing Language Studies, and a Mexican American Studies Program (MASC) Affiliate.Her poetry often explores Mexican-American or Chicano life and her Crypto-Jewish and Cherokee heritage, but mainly the universal themes of nature, family, myth, and the transcendent experience. Read More Read Less