Join us in Congratulating these Comadres on
their Accomplishments.
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Attract what you expect,
Reflect what you desire,
Become what you respect,
Mirror what you admire.
COMADRES! We celebrate You!
Leti Alvarez (Austin TX) graduated with a Yoga Therapy Certification. This is after hours of courses, lectures, and
clinical hours. She will start seeing 1:1 clients to help them find more ease
in the body and more peace in the heart.
Norma Cantu (San Antonio TX) received the Tejano Heritage Award on October 5th.
She organized and hosted a one-day symposium, Dance and Identity: Folklórico in
Chicanx Communities.
Larissa Yvette Davila (Austin TX) won the Volunteer of the Year Award
by the Economic Growth Business Incubator organization on October 21st, 2022.
Karen D. Gonzales (Denver CO) was honored at History Colorado's
opening reception on October 21 for the Return of the Corn Mothers Exhibition
for her preservation of Chicana/o- Latinx cultures in her community as a 2022
Corn Mother amongst 22 inspiring women of the Southwest in 2022. Visit organization here: www.cornmothers.com
Yadhira Gonzalez-Taylor (Bronx NY) received an Assembly of New York
Proclamation from Assemblyperson Jackson of the 79th Assembly District during
Hispanic Heritage Month. It recognized her service in the US Military and her
public service history dating back twenty years in the City and State.
Anita Jepson-Gilbert (Denver CO) sold her children’s book, Maria
and the Stars of Nazca / Maria y las Estrellas de Nazca to Ewings Publishing.
It’s a full color bilingual book with a bilingual CD. It’s about the giant drawings on the desert
in Peru and the woman who discovered them for the world.
Regina Montoya (Dallas TX) was appointed by President Biden to
serve as a member on the President’s Advisory Commission on Advancing
Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics. Regina was also awarded the La Luz Award on
October 22, 2022, by the Dallas Hispanic Bar Association. Here’s link to the
article about her Presidential appointment: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/09/30/president-biden-announces-key-appointments-to-boards-and-commissions-8/
Yolanda Nava (Indian Wells CA) is pleased to announce that her new book, Through
the Dark, garnered two Gold Awards as Most Inspirational Non-fiction Book,
and Most Self-transformational Non-fiction Book, and a Silver Award for Best
Autobiography/Memoir, at the International Latino Book Awards on August 20 in Los
Angeles. Watch! Yolanda's new show: Yolanda Nava Do You See What I See? on
YouTube, as she interviews Latina/o luminaries.
Raquel V. Reyes (Miami FL) proudly announces that her short
story, Mata Hambre, set in Hialeah FL, is in The Best American Mystery
& Suspense Stories 2022 anthology. Publication Date is set for November 1st.
Thelma T. Reyna’s (Los Angeles CA) poetry anthology, Doctor
Poets & Other Healers: COVID in Their Own Words, won Gold Medal in the
International Latino Book Awards for Best Poetry Anthology. The book features 26 medical professionals,
private caregivers, chaplains, etc.
Ingrid Rojas Contreras (San Francisco CA) is pleased to announce
that her debut memoir, The Man Who Could Move Clouds, has been
longlisted for the National Book Award in Non-fiction! Named a TIME best book
of summer, this is the true story of my grandfather, a curandero from Colombia,
my mother, a curandera as well, and two accidents in which my mother and I were
concussed and got amnesia. It is at its heart a story about ghosts, what you
inherit and don’t inherit, and healing.
Nancy Salazar (Washington DC) recently quit her 9-5 job and co-founded an art
company with the love of her life! They
specialize in painting murals, canvas paintings, graphic design, and
animations. I am so proud for finally
taking that leap of faith.
Congratulations to all!
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