Caridad Moro-Gronlier is a Cuban-American poet and educator, selected as Miami-Dade County, Florida's second Poet Laureate in April 2024.
Moro-Gronlier was born in Los Angeles to Cuban immigrant parents. Her family moved to South Florida in 1977, where she has lived and worked since.
Moro-Gronlier has published two books of poetry. She has been featured in a number of anthologies and journals and has been a contributing editor to various publications, including Grabbed: Poets and Writers Respond to Sexual Assault. and SWIMM Every Day'.
In 2021, her book Tortillera was published by Texas Review Press. Tortillera is a coming of age story, told through poetry, which draws on Moro-Gronlier's experiences as a Latina, mother, and queer woman.The book won The TRP Southern Poetry Breakthrough Series: Florida.