This week, Dr. Reyes talks to Kat Armas about growing up in the Cuban community in Miami, her lifelong passion for stories, and the foundational relationship with her abuela that helped form her as a writer seeking to center the stories of women of faith.  

Kat is a Cuban American writer and podcaster from Miami, FL. She holds a dual MDiv and MAT from Fuller Theological Seminary where she was awarded the Frederick Buechner Award for Excellence in Writing.

Her first book, Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us About Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength, sits at the intersection of women, decolonialism, the Bible, and Cuban identity. She also explores these topics and more on her podcast, The Protagonistas, which centers the voices of Black, Indigenous, and other women of color in theological spaces.

Kat is pursuing a ThM at Vanderbilt Divinity School in Nashville, where she lives with her spouse and new baby. She is also working on her second book, Sacred Belonging: A 40-day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture.

Instagram: @kat.armas
Twitter: @kat_armas

Vector Illustration by: ReAl_wpap
Music by: @siryalibeats

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