Ruth Jeannette Sáez Vega nació un 4 de mayo y se crio entre Barranquitas y Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Posee un doctorado en Lengua, Lectura y Cultura de la Universidad de Arizona, con subespecialidades en literatura infantil y alfabetización inicial. Ha sido maestra en los niveles preescolar y primario. Como maestra de kindergarten en la Escuela Elemental Laboratorio de la Universidad de Puerto Rico se destacó en la transformación del currículum y las prácticas educativas. Ha laborado en proyectos de transformación docente en Puerto Rico, República Dominicana y Estados Unidos. Es consultora, conferenciante y tallerista en diversos países del Caribe, Norte, Centro y Sur América. En 2006 fundó el Centro para el estudio de la lectura, la escritura y la literatura infantil (CELELI) en la Universidad de Puerto Rico, desde el cual se gestan diversas iniciativas de promoción, investigación y divulgación de la lectura y la literatura infantil. Sáez Vega es Catedrática e investigadora del Programa de Maestría en Lectura, Escritura y Literatura Infantil del Departamento de Estudios Graduados en la Facultad de Educación de la Universidad de Puerto Rico.
Ruth Jeannette Sáez Vega was born on May 4 and raised in Barranquitas and Arecibo, Puerto Rico. She has a Doctorate in Language, Reading and Culture from the University of Arizona, with emphases in children’s literature and early literacy. She has taught pre-school and grade school. As a kindergarten teacher at the University of Puerto Rico’s Laboratory Elementary School, she was recognized for transforming the curriculum and educational practices. She has worked in projects involving instruction transformation in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and the United States. She has served as consultant, speaker, and workshop leader in multiple Caribbean countries, as well as in North, Central, and South America. In 2006, she founded the Center for the study of reading, writing, and children’s literature (CELELI, for its initials in Spanish) at the University of Puerto Rico, which has created multiple initiatives involving advocacy, research, and the dissemination of children’s literature and reading. Sáez Vega is a lecturer and researcher for the Master’s Program in Reading, Writing, and Children’s Literature at the Graduate Studies Department in the University of Puerto Rico’s School of Education.