Jennifer Sarah Frota was born in El Centro, California, and currently resides in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. She received a Master’s of Comparative Literature from San Francisco State University, with an emphasis on Brazilian Literature and Translation at the University of California at Berkeley and USP. Her translations of Brazilian poetry and fiction appear in: The Magazine: Literary Journal of SFSU,  New American Writing, (Oink! Press, editors Paul Hoover and  Maxine Chernoff), The Pip Anthology of World Poetry of the 20th Century (Vol. 3)-Nothing the Sun Could Not Explain: 20 Contemporary Brazilian Poets (Green Integer, 2003),  Sky-Eclipse, the poetry of Régis Bonvicino (Green Integer, 2002), Potiguar Rainforests: Nature and Surrealism, photos by Fernando Chiriboga and poetry by Leila Medeiros (Inti Press 2004), word for/word #10, Nypoesi and elsewhere. Some of her original poetry and experimental fiction has appeared in the literary journal Letterbox , DUSIE press and elsewhere.

Jennifer Sarah Frota nasceu em El Centro, California, e reside atualmente em Natal, RN.  Fez graduação em Letras e Mestrado em Literatura Comparada na San Francisco State University, com ênfases em literatura brasileira e tradução na Universidade de Berkeley e um ano de residência na USP. Suas traduções de poesias e ficção foram publicadas em:  The Magazine: Literary Journal of SFSU,  New American Writing #18, (Oink! Press,  edição de Paul Hoover e Maxine Chernoff, 2000),  The Pip Anthology of World Poetry of the 20th Century (vol.3) – Nothing the Sun Could Not Explain: 20 Contemporary Brazilian Poets (Green Integer, 2003), Sky-Eclipse, poemas de Régis Bonvicino (Green Integer, 2002), Potiguar Rainforests: Nature and Surrealism, fotos por Fernando Chiriboga e poemas de Leila Medeiros (Inti 2004), word for/word #10, Nypoesi e outras.  Alguns de seus próprios poemas e ficção experimental originais já foram publicados no Jornal literário Letterbox, DUSIE press e outros.