Tino Villanueva (1941-present) was born in San Marcos, Texas. He was drafted and served in the US Army before receiving his BA from Texas State University, his MA from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and a PhD in Spanish from Boston University. He taught at Wellesley College and currently serves as Senior Lecturer in Spanish at Boston University. Villanueva writes in both Spanish and English, frequently switching between the two. Source