María Fernanda (she/hers) writes full time. Her work explores the intimacy of sisterhood, the anchor of intergenerational coexistence, and grief. 

Awarded The Norma Elia Cantú Award in Creative Writing, María Fernanda has received literary appointments from The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), The Arizona Commission on the Arts, and the DC Commission on the Arts.

A published contributor of the Library of Congress, María Fernanda has appeared as a guest speaker and moderator at MoMa PS1, Lincoln Center, and more. She is the founder of a poetry garden, where Black poets and gardeners discuss their creative and historic connections to gardens.

María Fernanda’s literary works appear in Cheryl Clarke's born in a bed of good lessons inspired by Lucille Clifton, Cave Canem's Dogbytes, and elsewhere. She opened for Nikky Finney as part of an anonymous submission pool. María Fernanda is a Callaloo fellow.