Kimrey Anna Batts

Kimrey Anna Batts is an RC alum who has returned to Ann Arbor to teach Spanish in the same program she once learned the language in. After graduation with a degree in Cultural Anthropology in 2006, Kimrey moved abroad to Ecuador, where she held a variety of jobs before settling on work in the field of translation. She lived in Barcelona while pursuing a Master's in Literary Translation at the Universidad Pompeu Fabra, and she was most recently located in Chapala, Mexico. 

Kimrey is an avid traveller with a fascination for language and cultures who has explored various regions in Mexico, Central and South America. She has translated a number of Spanish-speaking authors into English, and her area of specialization is contemporary Ecuadorian poetry.