Born in Mexico and raised in Puerto Rico, Amelia Díaz Ettinger has written poems that reflect the struggle with identity often found in immigrants. She began writing poetry at age three, dictating poems out loud to the adults in her life, who wrote them down for her. Ettinger has continued to write poems and short stories throughout her life, while working as a high school science teacher. In 2015, her first book of poetry, Speaking at a Time, a bilingual collection published by Redbat Books, was well received. LEARNING TO LOVE A WESTERN SKY (Airlie Press, 2020) is her second poetry collection.
