She is a Professor of English and the Managing Editor of the literary journal LiveWire at Fullerton College. She received her Masters of Fine Arts from California State University, Fresno. Her debut poetry collection ENDEAVOR was published in 2017 by World Stage Press. She was the winner of the Concurso Binacional De Poesía Pellicer-Frost 2017 (México). Her poems have also appeared in ITWOW: In the Words of Women International Anthology, Huizache, Bozalta Journal, The Acentos Review, and The Wandering Song: Central American Writing in the United States. Cynthia translated and transcribed interviews with journalist and Cuban exile, Normando Hernandez Gonzalez, which were published in The Madrid Conversations (New Orleans Press, 2013). Her poetry manuscript Cenizas is forthcoming.