| Cecilia Ansaldo | |
| Birth Name: | Cecilia Ansaldo Briones |
| Birth Place: | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Occupation: | Professor, writer, critic |
| Organization: | Academia Ecuatoriana de la Lengua |
| Alma Mater: | Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil |
Cecilia Ansaldo Briones (born 1949) is an Ecuadorian professor, essayist, and literary critic.
Cecilia Ansaldo was born in Guayaquil in 1949.[1] She completed her secondary studies at the Dolores Baquerizo school, and higher education at the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, where she obtained a licentiate in educational sciences.
During her teaching career she has worked at the Santo Domingo de Guzmán school, the German School of Guayaquil, the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, and the Mónica Herrera School, among others. She was also dean of the Universidad Católica's faculty of philosophy and letters and rector of the German School.[2]
She is currently a professor at the Universidad Católica and .[1] In 2015 she became a member of the Academia Ecuatoriana de la Lengua[3] a correspondent organization of the Royal Spanish Academy.[4] She is an opinion columnist in the newspaper El Universo, a member of the Mujeres del Ático group,[3] and a founding member of the Open Book Station Cultural Center. She has chaired the 's content committee since 2015.[5]