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Anamely Ramos González
Anamely Ramos González (Camagüey, Cuba, 1985) holds a degree in Art History from the Universidad de La Habana (2007) and a Master's in Cuban Cultural Processes from the Universidad de las Artes (2014). She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology at the Universidad Iberoamericana de México. Since August 2024, she has been a visiting researcher at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Formerly a professor of Cuban and African Art at the Universidad de las Artes de Cuba, she was expelled in 2019 due to political discrimination. For over a decade, she curated exhibitions in abandoned spaces in Havana and Camagüey. She writes for El Estornudo and other independent Cuban journals. As a human rights activist, she participated in the campaign against Decree 349 and was part of the San Isidro Movement. After leaving Cuba in 2021, she has remained active in the diaspora, collaborating with international organizations to raise awareness of human rights violations in Cuba. In February 2022, she attempted to return to the Island twice but was denied boarding by order of the Cuban government.