Daniel Persia has divided his time between Boston and Brazil, serving as Regional Leader for the US-Brazil Fulbright Commission and Editor-at-Large for Asymptote Journal. His most recent translation, Writings, by Basque sculptor Eduardo Chillida, was published in April 2019 for the re-opening of the Chillida-Leku museum in Hernani, Gipuzkoa, Spain. Working primarily from Spanish and Portuguese, his research explores collaborative and inclusive frameworks for translating Afro-Brazilian/Black Brazilian literature. He will begin his PhD in Spanish and Portuguese at Princeton University in Fall 2020.