SPEAKER SERIES (FEBRUARY) -- ALIGN WITH THE LOVE YOU DESIRE BY LISA VELAZQUEZ

Friday, February 12, 6pm EST via zoom
(3pm PT; 4pm MT; 5pm CT. Check your time zone.)

SPEAKER: LISA VELAZQUEZ

TOPIC: ALIGN WITH THE LOVE YOU DESIRE


Be our GALentine!

GALentine's Day is a day to honor the women and Comadres in your life who make up your support system. Celebrate with us, and help us welcome our speaker Lisa Velazquez, founder of Lisa Talks Love.

Lisa is the Founder and Ladypreneur behind 

Lisa Talks Love, a holistic love-style coaching company for professional women. She will talk about self-love, female friendships, and of course, romance.

Lisa helps passionate women break through and heal unhealthy dating and relationship patterns to reignite their self-love and align with the love they desire. She has an intuitive gift for getting to the heart of the matter of what’s blocking you on your love journey. Lisa attended Columbia University for a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology. She is a Certified Sex Therapist, Certified Sexuality Educator, and Certified Facilitator for Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy. As a serial entrepreneur, Love Coach, and Speaker, Lisa’s passion for self-love, women’s entrepreneurship, and building wealth from the inside out has led her to design love coaching programs and a membership to cultivate a community of women around the world who live well, date wise and love sexy.

Visit Lisa at https://lisatalkslove.com/.

Facebook: @lisatalkslove

Twitter: @lisatalkslove

Instagram: @lisatalkslove

For more information on the Las Comadres Speaker Series, visit http://lascomadres.com/lco/speaker-series.

Zoom details will be sent via email to all Comadres.

LAS COMADRES & FRIENDS BOOK CLUB -- FEBRUARY BOOKS

 

February is the month of love, of friendship.  We celebrate with a fun mouth-watering romance and a dynamic search for voices redefining Latino Identity.  Happy Reading, and as always, Read Latino Lit!

BOOK OF THE MONTH 

A TASTE OF SAGE 
by Yaffa S. Santos 
Harper Paperbacks 

Lumi Santana is a chef with the gift of synesthesia—she can perceive a person’s emotions just by tasting their cooking. Despite being raised by a single mother who taught her that dreams and true love were silly fairy tales, she decides to take a chance and puts her heart and savings into opening a fusion restaurant in Inwood, Manhattan. The restaurant offers a mix of the Dominican cuisine she grew up with and other world cuisines that have been a source of culinary inspiration to her. 

When Lumi’s eclectic venture fails, she is forced to take a position as a sous chef at a staid, traditional French restaurant in midtown owned by Julien Dax, a celebrated chef known for his acid tongue as well as his brilliant smile. Lumi and Julien don’t get along in the kitchen–to say Lumi is irritated by Julien’s smug attitude is an understatement, and she secretly vows never to taste his cooking. Little does she know that her resolve doesn’t stand a chance against Julien’s culinary prowess. 

As Julien produces one delectable dish after another, each one tempting Lumi with its overwhelming aromas and gorgeous presentations, she can no longer resist and samples one of his creations. She isn’t prepared for the feelings that follow as she’s overcome with intense emotions. She begins to crave his cooking throughout the day, which throws a curveball in her plan to save up enough money and move on as soon as possible. Plus, there’s also the matter of Esme, Julien’s receptionist who seems to always be near and watching. As the attraction between Lumi and Julien simmers, Lumi experiences a tragedy that not only complicates her professional plans, but her love life as well. 

AUTHOR BIO: Yaffa S. Santos was born and raised in New Jersey. A solo trip to Dominican Republic in her teenage years changed her relationship to her Dominican heritage and sparked a passion for cooking and its singular ability to bring people together. Yaffa is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, where she studied writing and visual art. She is a member of RWA. She has lived in New York, Philadelphia, Santo Domingo, and now lives in Florida with her family. Visit Yaffa at https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/yaffa-s-santos. 

CONVERSATIONS WITH BOOK 

FINDING LATINX: 
In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity 
by Paola Ramos 
Vintage Books / Penguin Random House 

Debut author and journalist Paola Ramos travels to near and far corners of the country in search of Latin-X voices that illustrate a growing movement and represent a community of young Latinos that hold more political, social, and cultural relevance today than ever before. This book is also available in Spanish: LATINX: En Busca de las Voces que Redefinen la Identidad Latina.

Author Bio: Paola Ramos was the deputy director of Hispanic media for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and a political appointee during the Barack Obama administration, and she also served in President Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. She is a former fellow at Emerson Collective. Ramos received her MA in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and her BA from Barnard College, Columbia University. She lives in Brooklyn. She’s Mexican, Cuban and American. Visit Paola at https://paolaramos.com. 



MISCELLANEOUS 

LIVE TELECONFERENCE! Monday, February 22, 5pm PT / 6pm MT/ 7pm CT/ 8pm EST. 
Free Teleconference Registration here: http://lascomadres.com/latinolit/join-teleconference/ 
Simultaneous Twitter Chat on @ReadLatinoLit. Follow hashtag #ReadLatinoLit. 

BOOK DISCUSSIONS: Find a Comadres & Friends Book Club near you. The discussions are great. Check here: https://readlatinolit.blogspot.com/2020/11/las-comadres-friends-book-club.html 

BOOK SHOP: Get your books at our Las Comadres Book Shop: https://bookshop.org/shop/lascomadresbookclub 

JOIN THE BOOK CLUB here: http://lascomadres.com/latinolit/join-book-club/ 

READ LATINO LIT 

SPEAKER SERIES (JANUARY) -- NEW YEAR, NEW OUTLOOK FOR LATINAS IN AMERICA BY SYLVIA ACEVEDO

  

 

***   LAS COMADRES SPEAK  ***

 

Las Comadres Para Las Americas is launching a Speaker Series on Wednesday, January 27, at 7pm EST (4pm PT; 5pm MT; 6pm CTS) via zoom.

 

The inaugural speaker is Comadre Sylvia Acevedo.  Corporate Board Director, C-Suite Executive, Community Leader, Author, Rocket Scientist, and Comadre.

 

TOPIC:    NEW YEAR, NEW OUTLOOK FOR LATINAS IN AMERICA 

 

 

 

Sylvia Acevedo is a devout believer in the power of transformation to change and improve lives, communities, organizations – and the world. She is a recognized leader whose innovation and growth strategies have been hallmarks of her career.  Author of PATH TO THE STARS: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist, which details Sylvia’s personal journey from the dirt streets of Las Cruses, New Mexico to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the top executive tiers of Apple, Dell, IBM, Qualcomm and other U.S. technology leaders.  Most recently, Sylvia served as CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA.  She was also Chair of President Obama’s White House initiative for Educational Excellence for Hispanics in early childhood leadership, and driver of the Administration’s Early Childhood Dual Language Education Policy.  Sylvia is a national speaker on cybersecurity, workforce and leadership.

 

  

Zoom link will be emailed to Las Comadres.  Watch your inbox.

For more information on the Las Comadres Speaker Series, visit http://lascomadres.com/lco/speaker-series.

***   This event is for Comadres and special guests.   ***