Yomaira Angélica Herreño-Contreras holds a B.A in Modern Languages (Universidad Surcolombiana, Colombia), and an M.A in Comparative Literature and Literary Translation (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain). She is currently a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature (University of Auckland, New Zealand), and a member of the research group DRIE (Doing Research to Improve Education). She is also an article reviewer for scholarly journals in Colombia and abroad. She has published two books, articles in research journals, and translations in literary reviews, and participated as a lecturer in various conferences worldwide. Yomaira’s areas of interest include literary translation, prose poetry, comparative literature, Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), English for specific purposes (ESP), higher-order thinking skills (HOTS), problematizing pedagogy and teacher education.