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Besides being born in Cuba and currently residing in the United States, Alma Flor Ada has also lived in Spain and Peru. After leaving Cuba to settle in the United States, Alma Flor knew she wanted to study Spanish and Latin-American literature. While she wanted to study in Mexico City, her parents were more comfortable sending her to Spain where some of her mother's family lived. In Peru, Alma Flor finished her doctorate degree. The topic of her dissertation, Pedro Salinas: The Creative Dialogue, brought her back to the United States, and to Harvard University where she became a research scholar.