Short Bio:

Rebe Huntman is a choreographer, dancer, memoirist, and poet who writes .at the intersection of feminism, spirituality, and world dance and religion. Her critically-acclaimed memoir, My Mother in Havana: A Memoir of Magic & Miracle, tells the story of a daughter whose search for her mother brings her face to face with the gods and ghosts and saints of Cuba. The memoir has been heralded by critics as a "feast for the soul" and  named a 2025 Foreword INDIES and American Book Fest Best Book Awards finalist. A Macondo fellow and recipient of an Ohio Individual Excellence award, Rebe holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from The Ohio State University and lives in Delaware Ohio and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Both e's in her name are long.

Standard Bio:

Rebe Huntman is a choreographer, dancer, memoirist, and poet who writes at the intersection of feminism, spirituality, and world dance and religion. For over a decade she directed Chicago’s award-winning Danza Viva Center for World Dance, Art & Music and its dance company, One World Dance Theater. Rebe collaborates with native artists in Cuba and South America, has been featured in LATINA Magazine, Chicago Magazine, and the Chicago Tribune and spotlighted on Fox and ABC. Her critically acclaimed memoir, MY MOTHER IN HAVANA: A MEMOIR OF MAGIC & MIRACLE tells the story of a daughter whose search for her mother brings her face to face with the gods and ghosts and saints of Cuba. The memoir has been heralded by critics as a "feast for the soul" and  named a 2025 Foreword INDIES and American Book Fest Best Book Awards finalist.A Macondo fellow and recipient of an Ohio Individual Excellence award, Rebe holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from The Ohio State University and lives in Delaware Ohio and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

 Both e’s in her name are long.