Ana I. Simón Alegre is an Assistant Professor at Adelphi University (Center of African, Black and Caribbean Studies; New York). In 2011, she earned her PhD from the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, specializing in Iberian studies, popular culture, gender and sexuality, and transatlantic studies. Professor Simon Alegre's recent scholarship addresses issues of gender and sexuality in the work of Pre-Spanish Civil War women writers (1873-1936). She is the author of "Prensa, publicidad y masculinidades a través del periódico madrileño, 'El Álbum Ibero-Americano' (1890-1909)" ('Historia y MEMORIA, ' 2021), "Algo más que palabras: Investigar y enseñar siguiendo la senda del lenguaje inclusivo," in 'Por un lenguaje inclusivo: Reflexiones y estudios sobre estrategias no sexistas en la lengua española' (Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española, 2021), and "Face to face with Carmen de Burgos. The influence of other women writers on her career and her work," in 'Multiple Modernities. Carmen de Burgos: Author and Activist' (Routledge, 2017). She is the editor of the volume 'Del salvaje siglo XIX al inestable siglo XX en las letras trasatlánticas: una mirada retrospectiva a través de hispanista' (Vernon Press, 2022), and she recently co-edited the volume, 'Queer Women in Modern Spanish Literature: Activism, Sexuality, and the Otherness of the 'chicas raras'' (Routledge, 2022) with Professor Lou Charnon-Deutsch. She is presently preparing a Spanish critical edition of 'Concepción Gimeno de Flaquer's novellas' for the press Renacimiento. In 2022 Professor Simón Alegre was elected as the president of the Feministas Unidas association (United Feminists).