Alessandra Narvaez Varela was born and raised in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. She earned a B.S. in Biology and a Bilingual M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Texas at El Paso, where she now teaches. Thirty Talks Weird Love is her debut novel. She lives in El Paso, Texas. Visit her website at https: //alessandranarvaezvarela.com.