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Ana Garriga Author

Ana Garriga is a scholar of early modern Spain and Latin America. In 2014, she earned a prestigious Fulbright scholarship, and two years later joined the graduate program of Hispanic Studies at Brown University supported by a Presidential Fellowship. She earned her PhD from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 2017.

Carmen Urbita earned her PhD from Brown University in 2025. Prior to joining the Department of Hispanic Studies at Brown, she completed her BA in comparative literature at King’s College London. She was granted a scholarship to pursue a Master of Studies in modern languages at the University of Oxford.

In 2020, Ana and Carmen launched Las hijas de Felipe, one of the most popular podcasts in the Spanish-speaking world.