LAS COMADRES CELEBRATES ITS MEMBERS' JUNE ACCOMPLISHMENTS & NEW BOOKS BY COMADRE AUTHORS

 

There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs. -- Jody Hedlund

Greetings, Comadres.

Congratulations to the following Comadres on their Accomplishments, and to Comadre Authors on their new books.

 

 

ACCOMPLISHMENTS 

Nohra Bernal (New Haven, CT) -- won the Skipping Stones Honor Award for Children's Book "The Child and the Tree" ("Alma Semilla" in Spanish).

 

Carmen Keithly (Austin, TX) -- received her Master’s in Spanish this past May from The University of Texas Permian Basin, with a 4.0 GPA.  

 

Laura Medrano Carrillo (Framingham, MA) – was appointed to Vice-Chair of the Alcohol Licensing Board.

 

Liliana Morales Galván (Corpus Christi, TX) -- came with her family from Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas Mexico, in search of the American Dream.  Liliana’s dream to become a real estate agent has come true. She passed her Texas real estate example and is ready to help people find their next home, or investment opportunities.  She is ready to service the public.

 

Gina Gwen Palacios (Brownsville, TX) – was awarded tenure and a promotion to Associate Professor at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.  Promotion effective September 1, 2024.

 

Mireya Perez Bustillo (Brooklyn, NY) – Her poem, “Going to the Mammos,” was published in Brownstone Poets 2024 Anthology.

 

Donna San Miguel (Temecula, CA) -- defended and passed her proposal defense for her dissertation on May 31! Her study, "Latinas Leading with Latinidad: Incorporating the Latina Identity into Leadership", aims to foreground the voices of Latinas in higher education, and apply decolonized methods of inquiry.  

 

Dr. Maria del Carmen Unda (Austin, TX) – has a new job! She’s a postdoctoral scholar for the College of Education at the University of Texas Austin, doing research on principal equity pipelines utilizing critical policy analysis and organization theory.

 

 COMADRE AUTHORS

Congratulations to our COMADRE AUTHORS for their latest publications.

 

MAY

 

MODERN MARIANISMO: ITS RELEVANCE AND THE CONNECTION TO IMPOSTOR SYNDROME AND PERFECTIONISM by Dr. Damary Bonilla-Rodriguez (Bushkill, PA) --   Dr. Bonilla-Rodriguez dissects the notion that women are sacrificial and nurturing figures, systematically conditioned to prioritize the needs of others over their own. Published by Fig Factor Media Publishing. Website:  http://drdamarybonillarodriguez.com/

  

 

JUNE

 

GATHERING MOONDUST Edited by Libby Belle aka Patricia Goitia Lebo (Driftwood, TX) – Eleven authors, 27 stories about a “dot in the universe.”  Anthology published by Pure Luck Press.  Website: https://www.libbybelle.com/

 

 

 

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NOTE:  these listings are for congratulatory purposes only. We are not endorsing any products, services, or candidates for public office.  

 

 

 

Congratulations to all our Comadres!