Dr. Maria Figueredo is a poet, singer, songwriter, musician, writer, researcher and educator who was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. She has taught in language and cultural centres across the world since 1992, and at the university level in Canada since 1996. She received her doctorate in Hispanic Letters in 1999 from the University of Toronto. Her PhD dissertation focused on the relationship of poetry and popular music, with special emphasis on the case study of Uruguay. She has composed music and written poetry since an early age. She has been a member of various musical groups, choirs and bands in Canada, Brazil and has performed on stages in various countries.

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Read more about her scholarly, research and teaching work here.

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Maria L. Figueredo was born in Montevideo, Uruguay and has lived in Canada since 1974. Her heritage and immigration experience has seasoned her poetry and music, academic career and artistic projects. Since 2002 she has taught Spanish language, literature and Hispanic and Latin American and Spanish cultures at several Canadian universities and presented her work across the world. Presently, she is an Associate Professor in the Spanish Program of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics at York University. She received the President’s University-wide Teaching Award in 2016 (click here to learn more). She is a Massey Fellow of the University of Toronto and research fellow of the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean. Her books and articles focus on the relationships between literature and music, poetry, identity, pedagogy and sound healing. She edited Poet-Tree 2015, an anthology of 30 poets as a community project for the Toronto Pan Am Games, and a poetry-art installation. Her poetry and songs have appeared in various anthologies, magazines and online platforms. A member of the League of Canadian Poets since 2016, she is also a singer, poet and guitarist. She has performed in solo and ensemble performances since the 1980s. Her most recent album was released in December 2022 titled Jupiter on Tuesday. Her poems and songs can be found on all major streaming platforms and on this website.

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