Erlinda Gonzáles-Berry

Erlinda Gonzáles-Berry (born August 23, 1942) is an American literary critic and writer of Hispanic descent.

Personal life The daughter of Carlota and Canuto Gonzáles, she was born on the family farm near Roy, New Mexico and grew up in Roy and in Rosebud, New Mexico. She married Edward Berry; the couple had one daughter.

Academia Gonzáles-Berry was educated at a boarding school in El Rito and went on to receive a BS in Education and a PhD in Romance Languages from the University of New Mexico. She taught Spanish at Earlham College for four years. She then taught for one year at New Mexico State University, moving to the University of New Mexico in 1979 and becoming a full professor there four years later. In 1992, she was elected chair of the Spanish department.