Curating this exhibition of the Caribbean and Latin American women writers was challenging. Selecting which authors and their complex works to include required careful consideration, and I consulted numerous academic sources to ensure a representative selection of these works and the historical contexts in which they were created. I acknowledge the inherent limitations of my choices, particularly the requirement that all featured works be held in the UC Berkeley Libraries collections. The primary goal of this virtual exhibition is to introduce students to the rich narratives and remarkable creative journeys of these Latin American women writers through the library's print collections. While the project initially focused on one hundred female writers, due to the intrinsic limitations of the Spotlight platform, the curator decided to focus only on select writers and their selected works. The COVID-19 pandemic upended the plans to have a physical exhibition. Thus, the curator opted for a minimal virtual exhibition where, out of 100 chosen writers, the works of only a few select writers were displayed. This was primarily due to the intrinsic limitations of the virtual exhibits platform that the library had opted for at the time of the creation of this exhibition. Curator: Liladhar R. Pendse, Librarian for Latin American Studies, University of California-Berkeley Library

Like many exhibitions, this one has its limitations. One limitation is the curator's lack of time to create a more comprehensive exhibition that includes books from one hundred Caribbean and Latin American authors. This is due to the intrinsic limitations of the software platform, which restricts the addition of multiple facets to the virtual exhibition. Secondly, the curator was unable to include French and Dutch female writers of the region due to the tight deadline. Thirdly, the curator did not create a special section for Afro-Latin American authors, as the curator included some of these authors under the regional subdivisions. The curator acknowledges these limitations and pledges to rectify them by adding more representative works of Latinx, Latine, and Chicana authors in future exhibitions.