Education

  • Ph.D. (2016)  Hispanic Languages and Literatures  (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) (Cum laude)
  • M.A. (2017) Pedagogy (Formación del profesorado de Secundaria, FP y EOI) (Universidad Francisco de Vitoria) (M.Ed. equivalent)
  • M.A. (2015)  Spanish as a Foreign Language (ELE) (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
  • B. A. (2010) Spanish Philology / Letras (Universidad de La Habana) (first class honors)

Research

Linguistics, Cuban Theater, Dialectology

Books

Articles

  • “Ways of Going Home” and Other Poems, in Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, The City University of New York (CUNY), 2022, 55:2, 266-271, DOI: 10.1080/08905762.2022.2129878.
  • Demasiada Anestesia y muy poco dolor en el teatro de Agnieska Hernández. En Letral: revista electrónica de Estudios Transatlánticos, ISSN-e 1989-3302, Nº. 18, 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Monográfico Literatura cubana contemporánea), págs. 76-84.
  • Reseña de Gallardo Saborido, Emilio J. Diseccionar los laureles: los premios dramáticos de la Revolución Cubana (1959-1976). Varsovia: Instituto de Estudios Ibéricos e Iberoamericanos, 2015. 416 pp. (ISBN: 978-83-60875-85-8). En RILCE: Revista de filología hispánica, ISSN 0213-2370, Vol. 34, Nº 2, 2018, págs. 938-942.

Dissertation

Teatro bíblico cubano (1835-2015) (673 pages)

Courses

Spanish 1-3

Spanish 160. 21st-Century Spanish

This course explores the Spanish language in the 21st century as a global, dynamic, and constantly evolving phenomenon. It analyzes Spanish as an international language, its relationship with English, and the impact of globalization and digital communication, as well as the creation of neologisms, inclusive language debates, linguistic myths, and contemporary popular culture. Students examine how social movements, migration, technology, urban music, and social media reshape vocabulary and identity. Through linguistic analysis, class discussions, and presentations, students critically engage with current debates about language change, normativity, and cultural expression in the Spanish-speaking world.

This class covers 8 topics: 1. Spanish as an International Language; 2. Spanish and English in Contact; 3. “Atypical” Spellings in 21st Century Spanish; 4. Neologisms, Social Change, and Word Formation; 5. Spanish in Social Media; 6. Feminism and Inclusive Language; 7. Myths and “Errors” in Spanish; 8. Spanish Varieties in Popular Culture.

Press

Radio Nacional de España: 2000 nuevas palabras. Entrevista a Gelsys García

Instituto Cervantes (Madrid): El Cervantes acoge la presentación del libro con las «2000 nuevas palabras» del diccionario del español en la última década

Instituto Cervantes (Madrid): Presentación del libro «Las 2000 nuevas palabras del español», de Gelsys M. García Lorenzo

Instituto Cervantes (Los Ángeles): Gelsys M. García Lorenzo presenta Las 2000 nuevas palabras del español I 17/04/25

Infobae / EFE: ‘Faraona’, ‘cocacola’, ‘queer’ y otras palabras que han llegado sigilosas al diccionario

La Sexta: ‘Queer’, ‘faraona’, ‘cuñadismo’ y otras palabras que entraron de forma sigilosa en la RAE

Cadena SER (programa “El Faro”): PALABRA (04/02/2026)

About my books: Ok Diario, Tribuna Ávila, El Heraldo, Portafolio, Martí Noticias, Cibercuba, Ellas Paraguay, MSN, El Nuevo Día, ABC Paraguay, Tribuna Palencia, Tribuna Valladolid, Tribuna Burgos, Diario de Cuba, Listín Diario, NMAS, Tribuna Segovia, Tribuna Salamanca, Tribuna León, Tribuna Zamora, Tribuna Soria, elcastellano.org, Rialta.

Editorial Work

Editor of 129 books: 11 books for Ediciones Unión (Havana, Cuba), 17 books for Hypermedia Ediciones (Madrid, Spain; Miami, USA), and 101 books for Anaya Multimedia (Madrid, Spain).

Among these 129 books, notable authors include Cuban academics and scholars such as Rafael Rojas, Carlos Alberto Montaner, Antonio José Ponte, and Gustavo Pérez Firmat. I have been the editor for authors like Fina García Marruz (Reina Sofía Ibero-American Poetry Prize, 2011) and Rosario Ferré (Liberatur Prix, Germany, 1992, and Critic’s Choice Award, 1995).

Alongside Antón Arrufat, I was responsible for editing the complete poetry of Virgilio Piñera in 2011-2012 on the occasion of his centenary: Virgilio Piñera: La isla en peso. Ediciones Unión, Havana, 2011, 296 pages. ISBN: 978-959-308-033-0.