Caridad de la Luz
Caridad de la Luz | |
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| Born | January 21, 1977 South Bronx, New York |
| Pen name | La Bruja |
| Occupation | Poet, playwright, actress, activist |
| Nationality | Puerto Rican |
| Literary movement | Nuyorican Poets Café |
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| Children | Two |
Caridad de la Luz (born January 21, 1977), a.k.a. "La Bruja" (The "Good" Witch), is a Nuyorican (a New York-born Puerto Rican) poet, playwright, actress and activist. She is considered one of the leading spoken word poets in the world. In 2005, El Diario La Prensa, the largest Spanish-language newspaper in New York City, named De la Luz as one of the "Fifty Most Distinguished Latinas in the United States".