Join Las Comadres Para Las Americas and Latinx in Publishing in Celebrating our Afro Latina Identity, Heritage and Culture during Black History Month!
Our panelists include amazing Afro Latinas in Academia, Literature, Poetry, Art and Culture.
Date: Thursday, February 16, 8pm ET
Time: 8:00pm for panel LIVE!
Location: Zoom (Virtual)
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PANELIST
Carmen Bardeguez-Brown is a poet, a writer, a teacher, a traveler. Carmen was a teacher and principal with the New York City Board of Education, as well as Co-Founder and Former High School Principal of School for Excellence Education of Morris Campus Educational Farm Inc. She is the author of FOR THE LOVE OF COOKING: CHEF TAO, A MEMOIR, and her poetry has appeared in several anthologies including ¡MANTECA! An Anthology of Afro-Latino Poets. In 2019, Carmen was vacationing in Thailand when the COVID pandemic prevented her from returning home, she decided to settle in and work on her writing. She still is. Learn more about Carmen at https://cbbpoetry.wordpress.com/.
Raesha Cartagena is President of PRIDA, the Puerto Rican Institute for the Development of the Arts. Their mission is to promote and provide support for Puerto Rican artists. Raesha is also a Public Relations Specialist at FortuneTimes Group. Visit PRIDA at www.prida.org.
Jackie Melendez (Moderator) is the New Jersey Comadres Network Co-Facilitator, and Social Media Specialist for Las Comadres Para Las Americas. Visit Las Comadres at www.lascomadres.com.
Ivelisse Rodriguez’ debut short story collection, LOVE WAR STORIES, was a 2019 PEN/Faulkner finalist and a 2018 Foreword Reviews INDIES Finalist. Ivelisse is a contributing arts editor for the Boston Review, where she acquires fiction. She is a 2022 Letras Boricuas Fellow, a Tanne Foundation award winner, a Kimbilio Fellow, and a VONA/ Voices alum. Learn more about her at www.ivelisserodriguez.com.
Jennese Alicia Torres, Esq., is a New York licensed attorney, admitted to the US Supreme Court, and graduate of Howard University School of Law. She is also an author, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, mentor, community organizer, and mother. Her semi-autobiographical children's books began with her memoir, I AM MY GRANDMOTHER’S DAUGHTER. She is also known as La Diva Latina on social media. Learn more about Jennese at http://LaDivaLatina.com/ and follow her on Facebook @Ladivalatina.
