Given the question: What key details about luz maría umpierre  can be extracted from the following bio?  Bio: luz maría `` luzma '' umpierre-herrera -lrb- born in 1947 , santurce , puerto rico -rrb- is an american human rights advocate , new-humanist educator , poet , and scholar . she currently resides in florida . she works on the topics of activism and social equality , the immigrant experience and bilingualism in the united states , and lesbian , gay , bisexual , and transgender -lrb- lgbt -rrb- issues . to date , she has published ten books of poetry , had her poems published in over 26 different anthologies , and has over 50 essays published in academic journals . umpierre is also responsible for expanding the curriculum of several american universities to have them include minority - , women - , and lgbt-focused scholarship . umpierre has been the first puerto rican , and openly lesbian woman , to receive numerous awards and accolades . in 1990 , she received the `` woman of the year '' award from western kentucky university for her multicultural mentorship programs . in 2008 , she was granted `` distinguished alumnae in the humanities '' from the universidad del sagrado corazon . she received the `` michael lynch award '' from the lgbt caucus of the mla -lrb- modern language association -rrb- in 2012 for her works in lgbt advocacy and activism . she is the current nominee for a south korean international award for human rights activism , being the first puerto rican lesbian having been nominated -lrb- decision expected in may , 2014 -rrb- . other awards she has received include the `` lifetime achievement award '' from the coalition of lesbian and gay organizations in new jersey -lrb- 1990 -rrb- , and receiving the `` outstanding woman of maine '' u.s. congress proclamation -lrb- 2002 -rrb- . she has also been a guest writer and keynote speaker at numerous colleges and universities , to include suffolk university , the university of kansas , ohio university -- athens , and rutgers university .
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- notableworks is '' '' , '' y otras desgracias/and other misfortunes '' , the '' en el país de las maravillas '' , '' margarita pour toi/for moira '' , '' our only island , poems '' '' i 'm still standing : 30 years of '' poetry . '' , '' for christine- awards is michael , distinguished woman of maine , distinguished alumna in the lynch humanities -lrb- universidad del sagrado corazón -rrb- , woman of award the year -lrb- western kentucky university -rrb- , ford foundation for fellow , neh grant . service lgbt -lrb- mla -rrb-- birth date is 1947- name is luz maría `` luzma '' umpierre- nationality is american- birth place is santurce , puerto rico- occupation is human and scholar rights advocate , new-humanist educator , poet ,