Poet, prose writer and Spanish translator. Born in Cuba, descendant of 2nd most important poet from that country and his 2nd cousin of the same name: Jose Maria Heredia. My great great grandfather wrote in Spanish, while his cousin in French. Their biographies and major works can be found in Wikipedia.com. Today I live in the USA where I can pursue my writing with freedom of expression. 
Writing can be found in webook.com, writing.com, also won a honorable mention for a short story in writerscafe.org.