Upcoming Events

MARCH

Watsonville Public Library, “Watsonville Reads” event, featuring Somewhere We Are Human

275 Main St. Watsonville, CA

Opening Night! Watsonville Film Festival, screening of “They Call Me the Cross Man,” co-produced by Reyna Grande

Cinelux Green Valley Cinema, Watsonville, CA

Ohlone College-Fremont Campus, Library

Fremont, CA

Irish-American Crossroads Festival

Location To be Announced

San Francisco, CA

Macondo AWP Off-site 30th anniversary Celebration, featuring powerful readings by Macondistas!

LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes

Los Angeles, CA

Schools

2025

• Portland State University, OR
• UW Milwaukee, WI
• Wedgewood International School, WI
• Claremont Mckenna College, CA
• Dwight-Englewood Middle School, NJ

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

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

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

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

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