Originally from Fairfax, Virginia, Michael Bromberg received a BA in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a master’s in linguistics from Universidad de Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia. Prior to studying in Colombia, he volunteered with a community development and conservation organization in Saraqiqui, Costa Rica, and worked for a financial services firm in Valparaiso, Chile. He is currently a Ph.D. student at the Stone Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane University, where his research focuses on improvised poetic performance in the Andean region of Colombia.