Torres was born in
Caracas, Venezuela, and is a trained psychoanalyst. She studied psychology at
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas from 1964 to 1968, and gained a postgraduate qualification from the Centro de Salud Mental del Este de Caracas from 1970 to 1973. She has taught courses on both psychology and creative writing. From 2006 to 2010, she coordinated the Semana de Nueva Narrativa Urbana (Week of New Urban Writing) with Héctor Torres, which led to the anthologies
De la urba para el orbe (2006),
Quince que cuentan (2008) and
Tiempos de la ciudad (2010). On 16 January 2006, Torres took up seat F in the
Academia venezolana de la lengua (Venezuelan Academy of the Language). == Bibliography ==