Events

Upcoming Events

MARCH

 

March 27, 2024 (in-person) @ 6-7pm

Calistoga Junior-Senior High School

Calistoga, CA

 

 

APRIL

 

April 8-9, 2024 (in-person)

Highline College

Des Moines, WA

April 23 (in-person)

Los Angeles Valley College

Valley Glen, CA

April 24, 2024 (in-person)

MiraCosta College

Oceanside, CA

April 25, 2024 (in-person) 12-1:30pm

San Diego Mesa College/ SDSU

San Diego, CA

 

MAY

 

May 6, 2024 (in-person)

Pasadena City College

Pasadena, CA

May 14, 2024 (in-person)

East Los Angeles College

Oceanside, CA

May 16, 2024 (in-person)

Norco College

Norco, CA

Recent Past Events

Schools

2024

  • Tahoe Expedition Academy, Truckee, CA
  • Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA

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

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

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

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
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