Full Name
Date of Birth
July 7, 1935
Place of Birth
Port Limón, Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Date of Death
July 11, 2021
Education
- Colegio Nuestra Señora de Sion (San José, Costa Rica)
- University of Costa Rica
Spouse’s Name
Not available
Known Affiliates Names
Not available
Affiliated Organizations’ Names
- University of Costa Rica (faculty member)
Major Events
Brief Biography
Eulalia Bernard Little, born on July 7, 1935, in Port Limón, Costa Rica, was a Costa Rican writer, poet, activist, politician, diplomat, and educator. She was considered an icon of African descent culture in her country and was the first Afro-Costa Rican woman to be published in Costa Rica. Bernard’s parents were Carolina Little Crosby, a teacher, and Christopher Bernard Jackson, a tailor, both of whom were Jamaican immigrants. She attended Colegio Nuestra Señora de Sion in San José for her primary education and later studied at the University of Costa Rica. Bernard worked as a teacher in San José and Heredia before continuing her studies at the university level. In 1986, she ran as a candidate for Congress. Throughout her life, she contributed to the preservation and promotion of Afro-Costa Rican culture through her writings[1][2][3][4][5].
Citations: [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eulalia_Bernard [2] https://www.everand.com/book/292648544/Quince-Duncan-Writing-Afro-Costa-Rican-and-Caribbean-Identity [3] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/365250305_Black_Motherhood_Politics_in_Costa_Rica_Diasporic_Genealogies_and_Links_to_the_State [4] https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?AN=164022152&authtype=crawler&crl=c&direct=true&h=%2BxytgKAGnw4kKIUO561%2FME34tF1UiXQ0DcJsSM2mnTkDNMIr52yUFQOgx2KAtia7TxIANLJVACxPAE55aRKfkA%3D%3D&jrnl=00238791&profile=ehost&scope=site [5] https://twitter.com/OEA_oficial/status/1375100161916076036