Pat is looking forward to speaking at this special event. The day-long program, which strives to create a supportive community among Latina students, faculty and staff on the campus of CSU/Dominguez Hills, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.
Continue reading →Families celebrating moms writing their life stories? How fortunate I felt to be part of such a positive literacy celebration! Many of the moms were Spanish-speaking and felt so proud that their families were at a party to honor these … Continue reading →
This April, I was fortunate to participate in three April Día Celebrations. I attended Día at Discovery Green, an urban park in Houston. I’m grateful to Houston Public Library, Houston PBS and Arte Público Press, my first publisher and a … Continue reading →
Welcome to our month-long celebration of Día’s 16th Anniversary and to our third annual Díapalooza! Día advocates are readers who believe that children matter and that books matter. We want every child to experience bookjoy, the pleasure and power of … Continue reading →
Thanks to poet and Pilgrimage editor and publisher Maria Melendez and her Con Tinta colleagues, I enjoyed a wonderful day in Chicago, March 1. The Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) was having its annual conference, and Maria et. al. … Continue reading →
