Chilean-American poet, author and human rights activist Marjorie Agosín will visit Iowa State Monday night for her lecture “Latina Memories: A Chilean Human Rights Perspective.”

Agosín will discuss her experiences and novels on human rights in Chile at 7 p.m. in the Sun Room in the Memorial Union.

Born to Jewish parents in Maryland, Agosín grew up in a German community in Chile. Agosín’s unique background presents itself in her creative work, which focuses heavily on social justice, feminism and remembrance.

Agosín has written and edited approximately 80 books. Her most recent books are poetry collections, titled “La Luz del Deseo” and “Secrets in the Sand: The Young Women of Juárez.”

Agosín’s work has been honored with many awards throughout her career. Her novel, “I Lived on Butterfly Hill,” received the Pura Belpré Award in 2015. She was also awarded the Letras de Otra Prize for her poetry.

The United Nations Association of Greater Boston awarded Agosín the Leadership Award in 1998 for her human rights efforts in Chile. Former U.S. President George Bush also received the Leadership Award.

Currently, Agosín works at Wellesley College in Massachusetts as a professor of Spanish.