Born and raised in México, Sandra Dolores Gómez Amador (she/ella) is a poet, editor, and interpreter-translator. She earned her BA in English Literature from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Tennessee. Sandra Dolores has earned multiple awards and recognitions; most recently, she was awarded the 2025 Allman Prize for Poetry by the Bellevue Literary Review. She is a Tin House, Community of Writers, British Centre for Literary Translation, and Letras Latinas fellow. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in EPOCH, Punto de Partida, The McNeese Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, and elsewhere. She co-founded the University Network of Women Writers. Lola (a nickname she often goes by) is a poetry reader for Only Poems and a workshop reader for Tin House. Lola is a PhD student somewhere in the world.
Sandra Dolores Gómez Amador nació y creció en México. Es poeta, editora e intérprete-traductora. Es Licenciada en Letras Inglesas por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México y Maestra en Escritura Creativa por la Universidad de Tennessee. Sandra Dolores ha sido acreedora de diversos premios y reconocimientos literarios; recientemente, ganó el premio 2025 Allman Prize for Poetry de la revista Bellevue Literary Review. Es becaria de Tin House, Community of Writers, British Centre for Literary Translation y Letras Latinas. Su trabajo ha sido o será publicado en EPOCH, Punto de Partida, The McNeese Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, entre otros. Es co-fundadora de la Red Universitaria de Mujeres Escritoras. Actualmente, es lectora de poesía en la revista Only Poems y lectora de taller en Tin House. Lola está estudiando su Doctorado en algún lugar del mundo.