Events Archive

2019

• The Rectory School, Pomfret, CT
• De Anza College, CA
• The College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN
• UC, Santa Cruz, CA
• Shafter High School, Shafter, CA
• Mira Monte High School, Bakersfield, CA
• Foothill High School, Bakersfield, CA
• CSUB, Bakersfield, CA
• Arvin High School, Arvin, CA
• Polytechnic School, Pasadena, CA
• Vail High School, Montebello, CA
• Denton High School, Denton, TX
• Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
• Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
• University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
• Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
• Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
• Godinez Fundamental High School, Santa Ana, CA
• Bachrodt Elementary School, San Jose, CA
• Cal State University, East Bay, Hayward, CA
• Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
• Palo Alto College, San Antonio, TX
• Palo Verde College, Blythe, CA
• Riverside City College, Riverside, CA
• Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA
• Blackhawk Middle School, Bensenville, IL
• Fox Valley Technical College, Appleton, WI
• Appleton High School, Appleton, WI
• Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
• Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
• Somersfield Academy, Bermuda

2018

• Nazareth College, Rochester, NY
• Santa Maria High School, CA
• Righetti High School, Santa Maria, CA
• Delta High School, Santa Maria, CA
• University School of Milwaukee, WI
• Fresno State University, CA
• Scripps College, Claremont, CA
• Ursinus College, PA
• Glen Allen High School, VA
• School of the Arts, Rochester, NY
• Finger Lakes Community College, NY
• East Aurora High School, IL
• Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
• Monroe Community College, NY
• Dos Pueblos High School, CA
• Portland Community College, OR
• Linfield College, McMinville, OR
• University of Münster, Germany
• Collin College, TX
• Finger Lakes Community College, NY
• Oxnard High School, CA
• Santana Arts Academy, CA
• UNC Greensboro, NC
• Putnam BOCES Tech Center, NY
• Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE
• Atlee High School, Mechanisville, VA

2017

• Red Bluff High School, Red Bluff, CA
• Sacramento State University, Sacramento, CA
• San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
• Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
• Evergreen Valley College, San Jose, CA
• St. Thomas University, St. Paul, MN
• UT Austin, TX
• Woodland Community College, CA
• Oxnard College, CA
• USC, CA
• East Los Angeles College, CA
• Cal State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA
• Carlos Santana Academy, North Hills, CA
• University of Nevada, Reno
• Madera County College, CA
• Mendocino Community College, CA
• De Anza College, CA
• Roosevelt High School, DC
• Columbia Heights Education Campus, DC
• Marist College, NY
• Augustana College
• Cal State University Monterey Bay, CA
• Avila University, MO
• Aims Community College, Greely CO
• Saint Martin’s University, Lacey, WA
• Elma Middle School, WA
• Shelton High School, WA
• South Bend High School, WA
• Northern Kentucky University, KY
• Cal Poly Pomona, CA
• Freedom High School, Oakley, CA
• Edna Hill Middle School, Brentwood, CA
• Antioch Middle School, Antioch, CA

2016

• West/ East Leyden High School, Northlake, ILL
• Santa Maria High School, Santa Maria, CA
• Riguetti High School, Santa Maria, CA
• Pionner Valley High School, Santa Maria, CA
• Alianza Charter School, Watsonville, CA
• Cabrillo College, Watsonville, CA
• University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
• Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE
• Huntington Park High School, Los Angeles, CA
• Fallbrook High School, Fallbrook, CA
• Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
• Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
• Cerritos College, CA
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• University of Nebraska, Omaha
• University of Nebraska, Lincoln
• University of Missouri, Kansas City
• Colorado Mountain College, CO
• Humboldt State University, CA
• San Diego City College, CA
• Chabot College, CA
• Hilliard Comstock Middle School, Santa Rosa, CA
• Holcomb Bridge Middle School, GA
• Sacramento City College, CA

2015

• Chico State University, Chico, CA
• Butte College, CA
• Long Beach City College, CA
• The Overlake School, Redmond, WA
• Anne Arundel Community College, MD
• UC Santa Cruz, CA
• Norco College, Norco, CA
• Wheaton High School, MD
• Saint Joseph’s High School, CA
• Villanova University, PA
• Southwestern College, Winfield, KS
• Washburn University, Topeka, KS
• Cerritos College, CA
• Topeka High School, KS
• St. Joseph’s High School, CA
• Cal State University Channel Islands, CA
• Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
• Mount San Jacinto College, CA
• Washington & Lee University, VA
• UC, Santa Barbara, CA
• Santa Barbara City College, CA
• Los Angeles City College, CA
• Manhattanville College, NY
• Baylor University, TX
• Wenatchee Valley College, WA
• San Diego City College, CA
• Einstein High School, MD
• High Point High School, MD

2014

• University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
• University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
• San Juan College, Farmington, NM
• University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
• Goshen College, Goshen, IN
• Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA
• Rolling Meadows High School, Rolling Meadows IL
• Park City High School, Park City, UT
• Boonsboro High School, Boonsboro, MD
• University of Maryland Baltimore County, MD
• Worwic Community College, Salisbury, MD
• Montgomery College, Georgetown, MD
• University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
• East Los Angeles College, Los Angeles, CA
• Port of L.A High School, San Pedro, CA
• California State University, Los Angeles, CA
• California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA
• Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI
• Monroe County Community College, Monroe, MI
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
• Township High School, District 214, Arlington Heights, IL
• Morton East High School, Cicero, IL
• Merritt College, Oakland, CA
• De Anza College, San Jose, CA
• Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA
• Monte Vista High School, Watsonville, CA
• Ramona Convent Secondary School, Alhambra, CA
• UTSA, San Antonio, TX
• UC, Santa Cruz, CA
• Santa Rosa Community College, Santa Rosa, CA
• Tulsa Community College, Tulsa, OK
• Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
• Miracosta College, Oceanside, CA
• UW-Tacoma, Tacoma, WA

2013

• Petaluma High School, Petaluma, CA
• Casa Grande High School, Petaluma, CA
• Adele Harrison Middle School, Sonoma, CA
• Port of L.A High School, San Pedro, CA
• Bakersfield College, Delano, Ca
• South Hills High School, Fort Worth, TX
• Palo Alto College, San Antonio, TX
• Owensboro Community College, Owensboro, KY
• Cal State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA
• Cal State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
• Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
• Cal State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
• UC, Riverside, Riverside, CA
• De Anza College, Cupertino, CA

2012

• Cal State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA
• Port of Los Angeles High Schools, San Pedro, CA
• La Serna High School, Whittier, CA
• University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
• Palo Alto College, San Antonio, TX
• UTSA, San Antonio, TX
• UNAM, San Antonio, TX
• South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, WA
• MCC-Penn Valley, Kansas City, MO
• Tarrant County Community College, Fort Worth, TX
• Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
• Miami Dade College, Miami, CA
• Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA

2011

• University of West Georgia, Carollton, GA
• Marymount University, Arlington, VA
• Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
• Cal State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA
• University of Oregon-Eugene, OR
• Central Oregon Community College, Bend, OR
• Redmond High School, OR
• Port of Los Angeles High School, San Pedro, CA

2010

• Renaissance High School, Watsonville, CA
• Pajaro Valley High School, Watsonville, CA
• Watsonville High School, Watsonville, CA
• Central Oregon Community College, Bend, OR
• Cal State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA
• Oxnard Community College, Oxnard, CA
• Sacred Heart High School, Los Angeles, CA
• Taft College, Taft, CA
• Chaparral High School, Temecula, CA
• Alhambra High School, Alhambra, CA
• Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
• Girls Middle School, Mountain View, CA

2009

• Mount San Antonio College, Pomona, CA
• Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
• Schoolcraft College, Livonia, MI
• Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA
• Compton High School, Compton CA
• Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

2008

• Lennox Middle School, Lennox, CA
• Jefferson Middle School, San Gabriel, CA
• Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, CA
• Watsonville High School, Watsonville, CA
• Santa Cruz High School, Santa Cruz, CA
• Gabrielino High School, San Gabriel, CA
• MissionHigh School, San Fernando, CA
• Manteca High School, Manteca, CA
• Del Mar High School, San Gabriel, CA
• University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
• Hartnell College, Salinas, CA
• TaftCollege, Taft, CA
• Miracosta College, Oceanside, CA
• Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI
• Evergreen Valley College, San Jose, CA

2007

• Fremont High School, Los Angeles, CA
• New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
• University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
• Bakersfield College, Bakersfield, CA
• Santa Cruz High School, Santa Cruz, CA
• Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
• Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
• National Hispanic University, San Jose, CA
• Norwich Free Academy, Norwich, CT
• Bolton High School, Bolton, CT
• Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT
• Glendale Community College, Glendale, CA

Conferences/Featured Events 

2019

• Faculty, Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference, Middlebury, VT
• Keynote Speaker, SDSU Dual Language and English Learner Conference, San Diego, CA
• Walter W. Stiern Library, Writer in Residence, Cal State University Bakersfield, CA
• Keynote Speaker, California Association of Teachers of English (CATE), Burlingame, CA
• Featured Speaker, California Association of Bilingual Education (CABE) Long Beach, CA
• Keynote Speaker, Deeper Learning Conference 2019, San Diego, CA
• Keynote Speaker, Dual Language Essentials for Teachers and Administrators Conference, TX
• Keynote Speaker, Women of Color Community Empowerment Conference, Portland Community College, OR
• Keynote at 2019 ERWC Leadership Conference, Sacramento and Costa Mesa, CA
• Keynote Speaker, University of Wyoming, School of Culture, Gender & Social Justice Symposium
  Laramie, WY
• Keynote Speaker, California Reading Association Awards Dinner, Sacramento, CA
• Keynote Speaker, Puente Motivational Conference, San Diego & Merced, CA
• Keynote Speaker, Mt SAC First-Gen Week, Walnut, CA
• Keynote Speaker, Beyond Words Fundraiser, Hartford Public Library, CT

2018

• Presenter, Keeping the Dream Alive Conference at Cal State University Sacramento, CA
• Presenter, Amplify: Storytelling Conference for Writers of Color, Berkeley, CA
• Keynote Speaker, 9th Annual Transnational Latino Conference, DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus, IL
• Panelist, Day of Dialogue, Book Expo America, NY
• Fiction workshop faculty, Macondo Writer’s Conference, TX
• Featured Speaker, Santa Barbara Women’s Festival Literary Salon, CA
• Panelist, NonFiction Now Conference, Phoenix, AZ
• K-12 Plenary speaker, CATESOL, Anaheim, CA

2017

• Panelist, National Council for the Social Studies Conference 2017, San Francisco, CA
• Keynote Speaker, TYCA-SW (Two-Year College English Association) Conference, CO
• Panelist, AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs), Washington DC
• Keynote Speaker, Voice Your Language Forum 2017, San Diego, CA
• Keynote Speaker, Woman of the Year Awards, CA State Assembly, Sacramento, CA
• Keynote Speaker, 7th annual Día de Los Niños/Día de Los Libros Literacy Celebration, Tempe, AZ
• Faculty, VONA (Voices of Our Nations Arts), Philadelphia, PA
• Keynote Speaker, GEAR UP New Mexico Student Leadership Conference, Albuquerque, NM
• Featured Speaker, Symposium Days, Augustana College, IL
• Keynote Speaker, The Harry S. Truman Distinguished Lectures Series, Avila University, MO
• Featured Speaker, UnityPoint Health – Meriter Foundation Speaker Series, Madison, WI
• Keynote Speaker, J-Term Book Club Lecture, University of St. Thomas, MN

2016

• Panelist, AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs), Los Angeles, CA
• Keynote Speaker, Raza Unida Youth Conference, Eugene, OR
• Keynote Speaker, 5th annual CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium, “Crossing Borders: Women’s Stories of Immigration, Migration, and Transition”
• Panelist, School of Public Policy Annual Conference, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
• Keynote Speaker, X Congreso de Literatura Chicana y Estudios Latinos, Instituto Franklin, Madrid, Spain
• Instructor/Presenter VONA (Voices of Our Nations Arts), Miami, FL
• Instructor/Panelist, The Book Conference, Gemini Ink, San Antonio, TX
• Instructor/Presenter Mendocino Coast Writers Conference, Mendocino, CA
• Panelist, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Atlanta, GA
• Keynote Speaker, Reclassification Celebration, Santa Maria JUSD

2015

• Keynote Speaker, National Association of Federal Education Program Administrators, Washington DC
• Featured Speaker, 2015 OC Wraparound Institute
• Featured Speaker, Ethics of Immigration Conference, Roger Mudd Center for Ethics, Lexington, VA

2014

• Keynote Speaker, With Different Eyes Conference, UCLA
• Featured Speaker, 2014 Conference on Rudolfo Anaya, Cal State University, Los Angeles
• Keynote Speaker, Borders of Diversity Conference, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
• Keynote Speaker, Massachusetts Educators of English Language Learners  (MATSOL), Boston MA
• Instructor, Macondo Writer’s Workshop

2013

• Keynote Speaker, California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL), San Diego, CA
• Featured Speaker, California Association of Bilingual Education (CABE), Long Beach, CA
• Featured Speaker, Latina History Day, HOPE, Los Angeles, CA
• Featured Speaker, Border Writers Conference, UT-San Marcos, TX

2012

• Keynote Speaker, Leonardo Dorantes Lecture Series, Santa Barbara City College, CA
• Keynote Speaker, American Association of University Women (AAUW) Author’s Luncheon, Seal Beach, CA
• Keynote Speaker, Latino Youth Summit, Kearney, NE
• Honoree, Embracing Latina Leadership AllianceS (ELLAS) Conference, Los Angeles, CA
• Keynote Speaker, Texas Association of Bilingual Education (TABE) San Antonio, TX

2011

• Participant, Macondo Writer’s Workshop, San Antonio, TX
• Panelist, AALA (Asia, Africa and Latin America Literature Forum) Incheon, South Korea
• Judge, 2^nd Annual Mariachi & Folklorico Festival, Rosarito, Mexico

2010

• Featured author, Pasadena Women’s Literary Festival, Pasadena, CA
• Featured author, City of Watsonville’s “One the Same Page” program, Watsonville, CA
• Keynote Speaker, California Association of Bilingual Education (CABE), San Jose, CA
• Keynote Speaker, Council of Mexican American Administrators scholarship breakfast, Alhambra, CA
• Keynote Speaker, With Different Eyes Conference (UCLA), Westwood, CA
• Featured Author, 6^th Annual Author’s Brunch, Soroptomist of Brea/La Habra
• Featured Author, American Association of University Women (AAUW) Author’s Luncheon, Ventura, CA
• Featured Author, Hispanic Women’s Corporation, Phoenix, AZ
• Panelist, Associated Writing Program (AWP), Denver, CO
• Keynote Speaker, Latinas Juntas, CSUDH, Carson, CA
• Judge, 1^st Annual Mariachi & Folklorico Festival, Rosarito, Mexico

2009

• Featured author, Women’s Literary Festival, Santa Barbara, CA
• Featured  author, 4^th Annual Conference, Puente Project, Santa Cruz, CA
• Presenter, 7^th Annual National Latinos Writers Conference, Albuquerque, NM
• Instructor, Gemini Ink/University Without Walls, San Antonio, TX
• Bakersfield College “Cerro Visiting Author”, Bakersfield, CA
• Keynote Speaker, Latina Women’s Conference, Laramie County, WY

2008

• Featured Author, California Association of Teachers of English (CATE), Long Beach, California
• Panelist, California Association of Bilingual Education (CABE), San Jose, CA
• Presenter, Adelante Mujer Latina, Pasadena, CA
• Presenter, ELLAS Conference, Long Beach, CA
• Commencement Speaker, Pasadena City College Graduation, Pasadena, CA
• Panelist, Reading the World Series, San Francisco, CA

2007

• Keynote Speaker, The English Council of California Two-Year Colleges Conference (ECCTYC), San Jose, CA
• Keynote Speaker, Southern California Teachers of English Conference (SCTE), Whittier, CA
• Keynote Speaker, Conference of the Living Tree, Santa Barbara, CA
• Speaker, Mexican-American Symposium, New York, NY
• Panelist, Santa Barbara Writers Conference, Santa Barbara, CA
• Featured Author, 10^th Annual Literary Conference, San Benito, TX

2006

• Keynote Speaker, La Posada Fundraiser, El Paso, TX
• Panelist, Chica Lit Club Fiesta, Miami, FL
• Presenter, Las Literaturas Latinas, Santa Cruz, CA

Bookstores

2018

• Bookshop Santa Cruz, CA
• The Bindery, San Francisco, CA
• The Avid Reader, Davis, CA
• Vroman’s, Pasadena, CA
• Politics & Prose, Washington DC
• Books Are Magic, NY
• Brazos Bookstore, Houston, TX
• The Twig, San Antonio, TX
• Skylight Books, L.A. CA
• Palabras Bilingual Bookstore, Phoenix, AZ
• Tattered Cover Bookstore, Denver, CO

2017

• Laurel Bookstore, Oakland, CA

2016

• Books & Books, Miami, FL
• The Avid Reader, Sacramento, CA

2015

• Bookshop Santa Cruz, CA

2014

• Barnes & Noble, Toledo, OH

2013

• Readers Books, Sonoma, CA

2012

• Barnes & Noble, Santa Monica, CA
• Vroman’s Bookstore, Pasadena, CA
• Barnes & Noble, San Antonio, TX
• Tattered Cover, Denver, CO
• La Casa Azul Bookstore, NY, NY
• Barnes & Noble, Redlands, CA
• Powell’s Bookstore, Portland, OR
• Bookshop Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
• Barnes & Noble, Dallas, TX
• Lucky Dog Books, Dallas, TX
• Busboys & Poets, Washington, DC
• Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural

2010

• Bookshop Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA

2009

• Vroman’s Bookstore, Pasadena,CA
• Tattered Cover Bookstore, Denver, CO
• Boswell’s Books, Milwaukee, WI
• Barnes & Noble, Philadelphia, CA
• Barnes & Noble, San Antonio, TX
• Borders, Goleta, CA
• Capitola Book Café, Capitola, CA

2007

• Busboys & Poets, Washington D.C.
• Politics & Prose, Washington, D.C.
• Book Soup, North Hollywood, CA
• Martha Merrill’s, Racine, WI

2006

• Vroman’s Bookstore, Pasadena, CA
• Skylight Books, Los Angeles, CA
• Libreria Martinez, Lynwood, CA
• Barnes & Noble, Los Angeles, CA
• Barnes & Noble, San Antonio, TX
• Capitola Books, Capitola, CA
• Borders, Pico Rivera, CA
• Borders, Houston, TX
• Changing Hands, Scottsdale, AZ
• Tattered Cover, Denver, CO
• The Twig, San Antonio, TX
• Imix Books, Eagle Rock, CA
• Tia Chucha’s, Sylmar, CA
• La Casa Azul Bookstore, NY, NY

Libraries

2019

• Bensenville Community Library, Bensenville, IL

2018

• Sunnyside Community Library, WA
• Yakima Central Library, WA
• Santa Ana Public Library, CA
• Oceanside Public Library, CA
• Enoch Pratt Library, MD
• Olympia Timberland Library, WA
• Los Angeles Central Public Library, CA
• Pickleweed Library, San Rafael, CA

2017

• Richland Library Main, Columbia, SC
• Greenwood County Library, GreenWood SC
• Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, IL
• Wilkinson PUblic LIbrary, Telluride, CO
• Estes Valley Library, Estes Park CO
• Basalt Public Library, Basalt, CO
• Aberdeen Timberland Library, WA
• Centralia Timberland Library, WA
• Chehalis Timberland Library, WA
• Brentwood County Library, CA
• Davis Branch Public Library, Davis, CA
• Knights Landing Branch, CA
• Winters Public Library, Winters, CA
• Peoria Public Library, Peoria, IL
• ELA Area Public Library, Lake Zurich, IL

2016

• Hoyt Public Library, Saginaw, MI
• Woodland Public Library, Woodland, CA
• Camarillo Public Library,  Camarillo, CA
• San Leandro Public Library, San Leandro, CA
• East Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, CA
• Chapel Hill Public Library, Chapel Hill, NC
• Hayward Public Library, CA
• South San Francisco Public Library, CA

2015

• Downey City Library, Downey, CA
• Santa Fe Springs Library, CA
• Tustin Branch Library, Orange County, CA
• Los Angeles Central Library ALOUD Series, Interview with Sandra Cisneros, CA

2014

• Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake, UT
• Santa Monica Public Library, Santa Monica, CA
• Herrick Library, Holland, MI
• Waldorf  West Branch Library, Waldorf, MD
• Santa Monica Public Library, Pico-Branch

2013

• Pickleweed Library, San Rafael, CA
• Novato Public Library, Novato, CA
• Point Reyes Public Library, Point Reyes, CA
• Downey Public Library, Downey, CA
• Tacoma Public Library, Tacoma, WA

2012

• Santa Ana Public Library, Santa Ana, CA
• Whittier Public Library, Whittier, CA
• Olympia-Timberland Library, Olympia, WA
• The Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

2011

• Linda Vista Library, Pasadena, CA

2010

• Marin County Public Library, Marin County, CA
• Half Moon Bay Library, Half Moon Bay, CA
• Corona Public Library, Corona, CA
• East Los Angeles Library, Los Angeles, CA

2009

• Los Alamitos Public Library, Seal Beach, CA
• Philadelphia Free Public Library, Philadelphia, CA

2008

• Cypress Park Library, Cypress Park, CA
• Signal Hill Library, Signal Hill, CA

2007

• Groton Public Library, Groton, CT
• East Los Angeles Library, Los Angeles, CA
• Leland R. Weaver –County of Los Angeles Public Library, South Gate, CA

2006

• Sonoma County Library, Santa Rosa, CA
• Martin Luther King Jr. Library, San Jose, CA

Book Festivals & Fairs

2019

• Tucson Festival of Books, Tucson, AZ
• San Antonio Book Festival, TX
• Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, CA
• Fall for the Book Festival, Fairfax, VA
• FIL ZOCALO 2019, Ciudad de Mexico, MX

2018

• Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX
• Feria Internacional de Libro de Guadalajara/ Guadalajara International Book Fair

2017

• Oaxaca Book Fair, Feria International del Libro, Oaxaca, MX
• San Antonio Book Festival, San Antonio, TX
• Oakland Book Festival, Oakland, CA

2016

• Brooklyn Book Festival, NY
• Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX
• Miami Book Festival, FL

2015

• Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, CA
• Litfest Pasadena, CA

2014

• Baltimore Book Festival
• Iowa City Book Festival
• Literary Orange, Irvine, CA
• Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Los Angeles, CA

2013

• Tucson Book Festival, Tucson, AZ
• Texas Book Festival, San Antonio, TX
• Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Los Angeles, CA

2012

• Brooklyn Book Festival, Brooklyn, NY
• West Hollywood Book Festival, West Hollywood, CA
• Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX
• Miami Book Festival, Miami, FL
• San Diego City Book Fair, San Diego, CA

2011

• 6^th Annual Celebrating Words Festival, Sylmar, CA
• Duarte Festival of Authors, Duarte, CA

2010

• Los Angeles Latino Book & Family Festival, Los Angeles, CA

2009

• West Hollywood Book Fair, West Hollywood, CA
• Mission Viejo Reader’s Festival, Mission Viejo, CA
• Los Angeles Latino Book & Family Festival, Los Angeles, CA

2008

• West Hollywood Book Fair, West Hollywood, CA
• Santa Barbara Book Fair, Santa Barbara, CA
• San Diego Book Fair, San Diego, CA

2007

• West Hollywood Book Fair, West Hollywood, CA
• Border Book Festival, Mesilla, NM

2006

• Latino Book & Family Festival, Los Angeles, CA & Dallas, TX
• Up South International Book Festival, New York, NY

Other

2019

• Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live, TX
• LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, Los Angeles, CA
• Majestic Theater, San Antonio, TX
• Bihl Hause Arts, San Antonio, TX

2018

• Auditorio Bellas Artes, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, MX
• Centro Cultural de UNAM, Morelia, Michoacan, MX

2017

• Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI

2016

• Plaza de Cultura y Artes, Los Angeles, CA
• Southwest School of Arts, San Antonio, TX
• Town Hall, Fort Bragg, CA
• Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
• Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA), CA

2014

• Plaza de Cultura y Artes, Los Angeles, CA
• Carroll Arts Center, Westminster, MD

2013

• Tongue & Groove reading series, Hollywood, CA
• National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM

2012

• Rocking the Boat, NY, NY
• Featured speaker, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA
• Free Library of Philadelphia, Teen Author Series & Borrowers Ball, Philadelphia, PA
• Irish Arts Center, NY, NY

2011

• Featured Speaker, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA
• Featured Speaker, Silver Lake Jubilee, Los Angeles, CA
• Panelist, Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, CA

2010

• Association of Latino Arts & Cultural Center, Phoenix, AZ

2009

• Museo del Barrio, New York, New York

2008

• Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA), Long Beach, CA

2006

• Hispanic Heritage Plaza, San Jose, CA
• Casita Del Pueblo, Whittier, CA