Join Las Comadres Para Las Americas and Latinx in Publishing in
Celebrating Our Afro Latina Identity
during Black History Month!
Our panelists include amazing Afro Latinas in Academia, Literature, Poetry, Art and Culture.
Date:
Thursday, February 16
Time:
8:00pm ET (7pm CT, 6pm MT, 5pm PT, 9pm PR)
Location:
Zoom (Virtual)
Register HERE to receive the zoom
link for Thursday, February 16, 8pm ET.
(If the link doesn’t work, email us at info@lascomadres.com.)
PANELISTS
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, 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. Learn more about
Jennese at http://LaDivaLatina.com/ and
follow her on Facebook @Ladivalatina.
Learn more about Las Comadres Para Las Americas at www.lascomadres.com.
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