Alan Javier Valdez is a PhD student in Spanish at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He holds an MFA in Spanish Creative Writing from the University of Iowa and a BA in Spanish Literature from the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua. His research examines modern and contemporary Mexican and Latin American literature, with particular emphasis on poetry, poetics, and hybrid forms of writing that challenge conventional distinctions between genres. His work is especially concerned with how literary form engages movement, landscape, and sensory perception. He is the author of La pérdida de voluntad en el agua (Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2021) and a recipient of the Premio Nacional de Poesía Joven Elías Nandino.