Jorge Enrique González Pacheco is an international award-winning Cuban poet, film industry professional, and cultural entrepreneur. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Latin American Literature from University of Havana, Cuba, and a Master's Degree in Hispanic Literature from Complutense University of Madrid, Spain.^[1]

González Pacheco was born in Marianao, Havana, on September 9, 1969. His mother died when he was very young, and his relationship with his father was turbulent.^[2] González Pacheco moved to the United States in 2003, and since 2006 he has been living in Seattle.^[3]

He published his first poem in Alaluz, a literary magazine of the University of California, Riverside.^[4] He has published six books,^[5] including Under the light of my blood.^[6]

In 1990 integrated the group of young poets that participated at the revolution of Cuban literature that distanced itself from political themes and created a clearer and more universal lyric. As a freedom defender, in an interview he criticized the situation of the civil liberties on his country.^[7]

One of his well-known poems titled "Havana" is dedicated to his childhood city.^[8]

González Pacheco is the founder and CEO of the Seattle Latino Film Festival (SLFF), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.^[9][10] SLFF is ranked on Top 5 of the most important Latino film festivals in the United States.^[11] Also he's the founder of Cine Seattle Entertainment LLC, a film production company located in Washington State.

He has read his poetry in the United States^[12] and many other countries, including Spain.^[13]

• (1992) Poesía Ilustrada, International Edition Group, New York, NY, USA
• (2003) Antología de la Décima Cósmica de La Habana, FAH, Mexico City, Mexico
• (2003) Notaciones del Inocente, Ediciones Qneras, Moguer, Spain
• (2004) Tierra de Secreta Transparencia, Torremozas & Fundación Juan Ramon Jimenez, Madrid, Spain
• (2009) Bajo la luz de mi sangre / Under the Light of my Blood (bilingual edition), Trafford, Victoria BC, Canada
• (2020) Habitante Invisible, Ediciones Deslinde, Madrid, España

• 1996 Delia Carrera Poetry Prize, Havana, Cuba^[14]
• 2015 HIPGivers Award by Hispanics in Philanthropy, San Francisco, California, USA
• 2018 Mayor's Arts Award, Seattle, Washington, USA^[15]

• La Poesía en su Sangre^[16]
• Un poète cubain-étasunien sur les rues de France.
• The 13th annual Seattle Latino Film Festival starts Friday^[17]
• Diversity is celebrated at the 2021 Seattle Film Festival^[18]
• Radio Interview in Spanish with Paula Lamas ^[19]
• Fundo uno de los festivales de cine latino mas completos de Estados Unidos^[20]
• «La poesía me salvó y me ayudó a entender una vida con ausencias», "El Comercio", May, 3rd of 2023. Gijon, Spain.^[21]
• How Jorge Enrique González Pacheco Became a Leading Voice in the PNW for the Latino Community^[22]
• Good Day Seattle^[23]

• González Pacheco, Jorge Enrique (1995). “La mudez del alba”. Revista Alaluz. XXVII (1): pag 59.
• González Pacheco, Jorge Enrique (2008). La dócil alba que en tu altura guia-L'aube docile qui depuis ton royaume guide. Paris, France: Arcoiris, Revue de Création Littéraire Bilingue. pp. 322, 323.
• González Pacheco, Jorge Enrique, Poetry Now, Sacramento Poetry Center (2009), California, USA
• Puentes Izquierdo, Zoraida (2011). Literatura Cubana contemporánea (1959-1999) Selección de lecturas (1ra ed.). Universidad de las Artes, Havana, Cuba: Ediciones Cúpulas. pp. 28, 30, 88.
• González Pacheco, Jorge Enrique, Poem: Pobre espacio del que huyo, Azahares, Spanish Language Literary Magazine (2015): pag 28, College of Languages and Communication, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. USA
• González Pacheco, Jorge Enrique, Poems: Homeless and Inventario,^[24] Spanish Language Literary Magazine (2019): pag 5,6 College of Languages and Communication, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. USA
• González Pacheco, Jorge Enrique, Revista Literaria ^[25] (2020), pp 81, 82 University of South Florida - Tampa. USA
• González Pacheco, Jorge Enrique,^[26] Spanish Language Literary Magazine (2022): pags 33, 34, College of Languages and Communication, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. USA
• +LATINO/A DIASPORA HERITAGE RESOURCE PACKET, Burke Museum, University of Washington (WA) pag 3
• Tarik Abdullah, Paula Boggs, Fulgencio Lazo, Jorge Enrique Gonzalez Pacheco, and Karen P. Thomas receive Seattle Mayor's Arts Awards on August 30, 2018.^[27]
• Voices in the Forest, City of Shoreline, WA, USA^[28]