Upcoming Events

Schools

2026

• Garey High School, Pomona, CA
• Dwight-Englewood School, NJ
• ITESO, Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara, MX
• Christian Brothers High School, CA

2025

• Portland State University, OR
• UW Milwaukee, WI
• Wedgewood International School, WI
• Claremont McKenna College, CA
• Dwight-Englewood Middle School, NJ
• Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
• UC, Santa Cruz, CA
• Ohlone College, CA
• Norco College, CA
• Stockton Unified School District, CA
• Diablo Valley College, CA
• Ventura College, CA
• Pioneer Valley High School, CA
• St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
• University of Minnesota Twin Cities, MN
• Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
• Logan Academy, Echo Park, CA

2024

• Tahoe Expedition Academy, Truckee, CA
• Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA
• Calistoga High School, Calistoga, CA
• Highline College, Des Moines, WA
• LA Valley College, CA
• MiraCosta College, CA
• Mesa College, CA
• Pasadena City College, CA
• Sacramento State University, CA
• Norco College, CA
• East Los Angeles College, CA
• Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA
• Cypress College, Cypress, CA
• Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles, CA
• Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA
• Delta College, Stockton, CA
• Rodriguez Prep Academy, San Bernardino, CA
• University College Cork, Ireland
• Trinity College, Ireland

2023

• De Anza College, CA
• Solano College, Fairfield, CA
• Segerstrom High School, Santa Ana, CA
• McFadden Institute of Technology, Santa Ana, CA
• El Camino College, Torrance, CA
• Dona Ana Community College, Las Cruces, NM
• Yakima Valley College, Yakima, WA
• Texas State University, San Marcos
• Montclair High School, CA
• Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
• Notre Dame High School, San Jose, CA
• San Diego State University, Calexico, CA

2022

• CSU, Channel Islands, CA
• Santee High School, CA
• St. Helena High School, CA
• Bob Miller Middle School, NV
• Fort Vancouver High School, WA
• Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
• San Diego City College, CA
• Contra Costa College, CA
• Mills College, CA
• UT, Austin, TX
• Cuesta College, CA
• Cabrillo Center, Watsonville, CA

2021

• John Carroll University, OH
• Mt. Hood Community College, OR
• Pioneer High School, CA
• UTEP
• UTA
• Sacramento City College, CA
• Northern Illinois University, IL
• Bloomberg University, PA
• San Fernando High School (LAUSD)
• George Washington High School, IN
• Russell Sage College, NY
• Antelope Valley College, CA
• Miracosta College, CA
• Concordia University, TX
• CSU Bakersfield, CA
• Palo Verde College, CA
• Garey High School, CA
• San Juan College, NM

2020

• Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
• La Cumbre Junior High School, Santa Barbara, CA
• Duke University, Durham, NC
• Northwest Vista College, San Antonio, TX
• Florida International University, Miami, FL
• Miracosta College, CA
• Mt. San Jacinto College, CA
• SUNY Adirondack, NY
• Cypress College, CA
• Leyden High School, IL

Conferences/Featured Events

2025

• Keynote Speaker, Common Ground on the Border, Green Valley, AZ
• Keynote Speaker, Casa Cardo Annual Fundraiser, Tucson, AZ
• Keynote Speaker, Wisconsin State Reading Association, WI
• Keynote Speaker, Norco College Equity Summit, CA
• Featured Speaker, California Association of Bilingual Education, CA
• Panelist, Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP), CA
• Keynote Speaker, Diversity in Culture Festival, Ventura, CA
• Presenter, North Central Council of Latin Americanists (NCCLA), Northfield, MN
• Presenter, ISLA Festival (Ireland, Spanish, Latina America), Dublin, Ireland
• Commencement Speaker, University of Southern California (USC) Rossier School of Education, Los Angeles

2024

• Commencement Speaker, Chaffey College, CA
• Commencement Speaker, Mission College, CA
• Keynote Speaker, Latino Book & Family Festival, Sacramento, CA
• Keynote Speaker, Fullerton College Puente Center Grand Opening, Fullerton, CA
• Recipient of the Hummingbird Award in Literary Arts, Tulsa, Oklahoma

2023

• Keynote speaker, 4th Annual Joint Conference of Librarians, St. Pete, FL
• Featured speaker, California Association of Bilingual Education, Long Beach, CA
• Keynote speaker, Volunteer & Learner Appreciation Day, Napa County Library, CA
• Keynote, Writing Heights Writer’s Conference, Fort Collins, CO
• Keynote, Conferencia de Padres Migrantes, Monterey County Office of Education, CA
• Faculty, Kachemak Bay Writer’s Conference, Homer, Alaska
• Keynote, Latino Book & Family Festival, Oceanside, CA
• Keynote, Child Migration Across the Americans Symposium, University of Illinois, Chicago
• Keynote Speaker, COLEGAS 2023 Annual Conference, Long Beach, CA

2022

• Featured speaker, CISC 2022 Leadership Symposium, Monterey, CA
• Keynote Speaker, Oxnard Union High School District Professional Development Day
• Keynote Speaker, Los Angeles County Office of Education, Youth Summit
• Keynote Speaker, Los Angeles County Office of Education, Parent Summit
• Keynote Speaker, Pasadena Mayor’s Interfaith Breakfast, CA
• Keynote Speaker, Chicano Federation Unity Luncheon, CA
• Keynote Speaker, Seguimos Creando Enlaces, WA
• Keynote Speaker, Eagle Rock/Highland Park community schools’ Author’s Festival, CA
• Featured Author, Let’s Talk About It,  author series from the Idaho Commission for Libraries
• Keynote, CCAC 43rd Annual Conference
• Featured Speaker, National Council of Teachers of English Conference (NCTE)

2021

• Panelist, Maryland Libraries Together–Viva Latino: Own Voices Writers in Conversation
• Keynote Speaker, Las Positas Literary Festival
• Panelist, 28th Annual Agents & Editors Conference, Austin, TX
• Faculty, Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference, Middlebury, VT
• Presenter, Los Angeles County Office of Education, CA
• Keynote Speaker, UN Human Rights Day, Pasadena, CA

2020

• Keynote Speaker, Senderos 10th Annual Latino Role Models Conference, Aptos, CA

Libraries

2025

• Watsonville Public Library, Watsonville, CA
• Livermore Public Library, Livermore, CA

2024

• Winters Community Library, Winters, CA
• Patagonia Public Library, AZ

2023

• Yuma Library, AZ
• Grand Rapids Public Library, MI

2022

• Davis Branch Library, CA
• Sunnyvale Public Library, CA
• Seattle Public Library, WA
• Beaverton City Library, OR
• Corona Public Library, CA
• Altadena Public Library, CA
• Hyattsville Branch Library, MD
• Santa Rosa Public Library, CA
• Santa Ana Public Library, CA
• King County Library, WA
• Richland Library, SC
• San Rafael Public Library, CA

2021

• Hamilton East Public Library, Noblesville, IN
• Garfield Public Library, Rifle, CO
• North Central Library, WA

Bookstores

2025

• Avid Reader, Davis, CA
• City Lights, San Francisco, CA
• Bookshop West Portal, San Francisco, CA

2024

• RE/Arte Bookstore, Boyle Heights, CA
• Petroglyphs, Tucson, AZ

2023

• Lattice, Puebla, MX
• Libreria Rosario Castellanos, Ciudad de Mexico

2022

• Vroman’s, Pasadena, CA
• The Avid Reader, CA
• Tattered Cover, CO
• Books & Books, FL
• BookPeople, TX
• Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center/ Latino Bookstore, TX
• Third Place Books, WA
• Bookshop Santa Cruz, CA
• Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA
• Politics and Prose, Washington DC
• Book Soup, West Hollywood, CA
• Word Up, NY
• The Twig, San Antonio, TX
• Medicine for Nightmares, San Francisco, CA
• Palabras Bilingual Bookstore, Phoenix, AZ
• Barnes & Noble, Bloomington, IL

Festivals

2025

• Irish American Crossroads Festival, San Francisco, CA

2023

• Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Los Angeles, CA
• La Feria del Libro de la Frontera, Ciudad Juarez, MX
• Los Angeles Libros Festival, CA

2022

• Tucson Festival of Books, Tucson, AZ
• Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, CA
• Tomas Rivera Conference, CA
• Litfest Pasadena, CA
• Gaithersburg Book Festival, MD
• San Francisco Flor y Canto Literary Festival, CA
• San Diego Union-Tribune Festival of Books, CA
• South Dakota Festival of Books, Brookings, SD
• South Texas Book Festival, TX
• Feria Internacional del Libro, Oaxaca, MX
• Texas Book Festival, TX
• Feria Internacional del Libro, Guadalajara, MX

Other

2022

• American Writers Museum, Chicago, IL
• Miller Park Pavilion, Bloomington, IL