Latinx in Publishing (LxP): What do you do?
Caritza Berlioz (CB): I'm an Editorial Assistant at Teachers College Press. It's a University Press. I work supporting the Acquisitions Department, as well as acquiring and developmental editing manuscripts on subjects in education and social justice.
LxP: How did you get started?
CB: I used to intern at Valiant, a small comic book publishing company, and they brought me on full time as a licensing coordinator. I was in this role for a couple of years before I made the switch to editorial.
LxP: What do you wish you knew before getting into the industry?
CB: To know that your background and skills are valuable, and that you don’t have to have a linear route into the editorial field.
LxP: What book are you currently working on or reading?
CB: I’m currently developing a manuscript about centering and teaching Indigenous education. I’m currently reading El Olor de la Guayaba by Gabriel García Márquez in conversation with Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza.
Caritza Berlioz is an Editorial Assistant at Teachers College Press and a recent graduate of the CUNY City College of New York MFA Creative Writing program with a concentration in fiction. She is a Honduran American, born and raised right outside of NYC in New Rochelle, NY.
