Veronica chambers author biography assignment

Afro-latina Writer and teacher

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Veronica Chambers
Veronica Chambers in New York City
Notable awards	2013 James Beard Award for Writing and Literature

Veronica Chambers is an Afro-Latina author, teacher, and magazine executive.

Chambers has been an editor and writer for New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Glamour, Good Housekeeping, Premiere, Esquire, Parade and O, The Oprah Magazine.^[1]

Early life

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Chambers was born in Panama and raised in Brooklyn.^[2] Chambers attended Bard College at Simon's Rock, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, where she received a B.A.

in Literary Studies, summa cum laude.^[3]

Career

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Chambers taught writing at Stanford University,^[4]Bowdoin College,^[5] Bard College at Simon's Rock,^[4] and the Rutgers University Summer Program.^{[citation needed}