Ana Maria Caballero is a first-generation Colombian-American poet. Her work was awarded the Beverly International Prize for Literature, Colombia’s José Manuel Arango National Poetry Prize, been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and been a finalist for the Academy of American Poets Prize. She believes poems should be valued as works of art and co-founded a literary gallery called theVERSEverse.com to make it happen. Find her published and digital work at anamariacaballero.com.