Past Presentations
A Sample of Notable Readings and Presentations:
Keynote Speaker, Pennsylvania Migrant Education Program and ESL Conference. Harrisburg. PA
Keynote Speaker, Brown Brothers, Harriman Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration. New York
Featured Poet (with Hieu Minh Nguyen, Tarfia Faizullah, and Emmy Perez), Poetry & Migration Poetry Series, Poetry Foundation, Chicago, IL. Co-sponsored by Letras Latinas and Kundiman
Featured Poet, Busboys and Poets, co-sponsored by Letras Latinas and Split This Rock
Featured Poet, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. Smithsonian Latino Center Young Ambassadors Program. Washington D.C.
Latino Poets Panelist, Sunken Garden Poetry Festival (featuring U.S. Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera) Farmington, CT
Guest Poet, Notre Dame University
Featured Poet. Tarrant County College, TX
Featured Speaker. The Hotchkiss School, CT
Keynote Speaker, University of New Haven, Latin American Students Association (LASA), CT
Keynote Speaker, Hispanic Heritage Month, Rutgers University, NJ
Featured Poet, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Washington D.C.
Featured Speaker, Hispanic Heritage Month, Baker Botts International Law Firm, TX
Keynote Speaker, Fairfield University, CT
Proskauer Rose International Law Firm, NY
Keynote Speaker. CT Immigrant Day Ceremony
Featured Poet, Floricanto Poetry Festival, Barcelona, Spain
Featured Speaker, University of Florida (largest student-run U.S. Hispanic Heritage celebration)
Featured Speaker, Harvard University East Coast Chicano Student Forum Conference
Featured Speaker, 6th Annual Latino Ivy League Conference, Cornell University
Featured Poet Representing the U.S., El Salvador International Festival
Featured Speaker, Hispanic Heritage Month, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
Featured Speaker, Hispanic Heritage Month, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
Featured Speaker, Hispanic Heritage Month, Raritan Valley Community College, NJ
Featured Speaker, Hispanic Heritage Month, Greenfield Community College, MA
Keynote Speaker, Plattsburgh State University Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration, NY
Panelist, Connecticut Book Festival
Featured Poet, Riverwood Poetry Series
Featured Reader, A Multilingual Reading in New York City
Featured Reader, Connecticut Book Festival
Featured Poet, Expressiones Cultural Center, CT
Featured Poet, Julia de Burgos Park, CT
Keynote Speaker, Hispanic Heritage Month, Pittsburg State University, KS
Reader, Poetry Center in PCCC, Paterson, NJ
Panelist, Modern Language Association Convention, PA
Keynote Speaker, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Washington DC
Presenter, Undocumented Hispanic Migration Conference, Connecticut College
Keynote Speaker, Hispanic Heritage Month, Allegheny College, PA
Featured Poet. New York Bowery Poetry Club, NY. Acentos Review Anniversary
Featured Poet, University of Connecticut Avery Point
Featured Poet, KGB Bar Literary Series, New York City
Panelist, College Board Educating Latinos Preparate Conference, FL
Featured Poet, Gemini Ink, San Antonio, TX
Featured Poet, Three Rivers Community College, CT
Honoree, American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Conference, TX
Co-Reader, AWP ACENTOS: A Gathering and Celebration of Latino and Latina Poets
Keynote Speaker, Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading. Mystic Arts Center
Poetry Reader Acentos Bronx Poetry Showcase. The Bruckner Bar and Grill
Poetry Reader and panelist. Newburyport Literary Festival
Poetry Celebration Keynote Speaker, Cumberland County College, New Jersey
Featured Poet, Hygienic Gallery, New London, CT
Keynote Speaker, Hispanic Heritage Month, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Connecticut
Keynote Speaker, Hispanic Heritage Month, Wright State University
Featured Poet, Connecticut College
Keynote Speaker. Hispanic Heritage Month. Eastern Connecticut State University. “Latinos as Aliens
Presenter. FWPCA Conference: “But Why Those Five Latino Films?” Las Vegas, NV
Keynote Speaker, Hispanic Heritage Month, Capitol Community College. “The Evolution of the Term “Latino’”
Workshop Presenter. National Association of Multicultural Education. “From ESL Classroom to the Halls of Academia.” Farmington, CT
Workshop Presenter. Yale University Institute for Latin American Studies. “Latino Literature and Authors from the Caribbean”
Presenter. Boston College Diversity Challenge. “Teaching Intercultural Conflict: The Case of Latinos”
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