- Has a daughter Iddia Veitia from her first husband and two children, Ibis Hernandez and Alfredo Hernandez, from her second husband.
- Trained as a musician and ethnographer at the Conservatory of Music in Havana.
- Raised by her paternal grandmother and four aunts, she grew up surrounded by Afro-Cuban professionals, including family members who played in the Havana Philharmonic Orchestra.
- Wrote for the youth magazine Mella and for the Communist Party newspaper Noticias de Hoy (News of Today).
- At the Instituto Cubano Del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC) she served as assistant director to Jorge Fraga, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, and Agnès Varda.
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