This name uses Hispanic American naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Cabrera and the second or maternal family name is Funes.Vicente Cabrera Funes (born 1944) (died 6 jul 2014) was a Professor of Spanish at the University of Minnesota Morris and Ecuadorian writer living in Morris, Minnesota.Prof. Cabrera received his B.A. from Universidad Católica del Ecuador - Quito, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts.