She is the author of the poetry collections, Year of the Dog and This Side of Skin, and the critical study, Selenidad: Selena, Latinos, and the Performance of Memory.

She is co-founder (and served as co-director, 2009-2019, 2021-2023) of CantoMundo, a national organization that supports Latinx poets and poetry.

[1] She lives in New York City where she is a professor of creative writing and ethnic studies at Columbia University.

Along with Norma Elia Cantú, Pablo Martinez, Celeste Mendoza, and Carmen Tafolla, Paredez co-founded CantoMundo in 2009.

Her poetry is influenced by contemporary American poets including Natasha Trethewey, Sharon Olds, and A.E.