Irene Vázquez hosted our Instagram on October 2nd for our weekly #SalaSundays series. Below are a few questions that we asked Irene.
Latinx in Pub (LxP): What do you do?
Irene Vázquez (IV): I'm an Assistant Editor and Publicist at Levine Querido
LxP: How did you get started?
IV: I was a freelance reader at LQ (reading manuscripts in French and Spanish), then an intern (with the support of the WNDB internship grant), then started full time in the Summer of 2021!
LxP: What do you wish you knew before getting into the industry?
IV: How many cool non-editorial jobs there are in publishing!
LxP: What book are you currently working on or reading?
IV: Currently working on THE QUEER GIRL IS GOING TO BE OKAY by Dale Walls (out in Fall '23).
Irene Vázquez is an Assistant Editor and Publicist at Levine Querido. Irene graduated from Yale with a BA in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration and English. Irene read Esperanza Rising so many times in elementary school that the cover started to tear and has been passionate about children’s books ever since. Outside of LQ, Irene is a poet and journalist who likes drinking coffee, watching Queen Sugar and reminding folks that the South has something to say.
