Jennifer was born in Lima, Peru. She is an scholar and writer. Currently she is a PhD candidate in Hispanic Studies at University of Pennsylvania. Her main interests are biopolitics, bio-economy and bio-value as theoretical frame; and body, sickness and madness in Contemporary Latin American Literature and Cinema; everyday political activism and power relationships among vulnerable subjects. She has published two fictional books and has been part of several Peruvian and Latin American short story collections. In addition, she has been invited to important book fairs such as FIL Guadalajara, FILBO, FIL Lima, among others. She presented papers in NeMLA, LASA and Universidad Federico Villareal. She has also written articles about literature and media in several journals. In 2016 she will publish her second novel by Penguin Random House. Presented in partnership with Escribe Aquí Festival 2016.