Sunday, March 22, 2026

LAS COMADRES CELEBRATES ITS MEMBERS ACCOMPLISHMENTS

 


Join us in celebrating our Comadres Accomplishments. We are proud our Comadres are Leading the Way!

 

NOTE:   This list is for promotional purposes only and not intended as an endorsement of any kind.

  

ACCOMPLISHMENTS  

 Raesha Cartagena (New York, NY) – was presented with a Puerto Rican Women Legacy Award by the Comité Noviembre on March 26, as President of the Puerto Rican Institute for the Development of the Arts (PRIDA), Cultural Advocate and Puerto Rican Arts Community Leader.

 Dalilah Garcia (Brownsville, TX) -- On February 25, 2026, Dalilah had the distinct honor of making history as the first Spanish-language Virtual Networking Leader for FemCity. For 16 years, this international membership-based organization has exclusively operated in English. As President of FemCity Brownsville and a proud community founder, she led the organization’s first-ever virtual networking session conducted entirely in Spanish.  This milestone expanded accessibility and inclusivity while advancing FemCity’s mission to support and empower ambitious women in business through authentic connections, collaboration over competition, and the cultivation of meaningful professional and personal growth worldwide.

Karina Martinez (Pflugerville, TX) -- Her high-fashion clothing website is live! www.thelorenza.com.

 Elsa Prado (Oak Lawn, IL) -- Will be receiving an award for Women’s Day from International Radio and LULAC.

 Milly Silencio (Carteret, NJ) – On March 7, Milly was a Co-Presenter with Samuel Ocasio Jr. at Princeton Theological Seminary on “Technological Collective Connection through Memes: Religious Identity, Play, and Imagination of Latinos.”  Last November, she was Co-Presenter with Comadre Lizanne Espina at American Association of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature on the “Church’s Call of Solidarity with Migrant Women contending Injustices of The U.S. Immigration System.”  

 

Congratulations to all!

 

 

LAS COMADRES & FRIENDS BOOK CLUB ANNOUNCES MARCH BOOKS OF THE MONTH

 

Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club is pleased to announce its Books of the Month for March.  Both great selections to celebrate Women's History Month.



FRONTERA MADRE(HOOD) edited by Cynthia Bejarano & Maria Cristina Morales -- a collection of essays that explore Latinx, Black and Indigenous mothering from both sides of the US-Mexico border.  











MY TRAIN LEAVES AT THREE by Natalie Guerrero -- an electric coming-of-age novel about an ambitious young Latina from Washington Heights trying to make it on Broadway.

 

  











Read the full book descriptions and author bios here:   https://latinolit.com/march-2026-cynthia-bejarano-maria-cristina-morales-editors-and-natalie-guerrero/

 


SAVE THE DATE!   Our Live Author Podcast this month will be held on Monday, March 30, 8pm ET.  We’ll get a chance to talk to the authors and ask them about their books.   

 


FREE BOOK!  Register today for the podcast and you may win a free book:   https://latinolit.com/join-author-podcast/


Check your time zone:  5pm PT, 6pm MT, 7pm CT, 8pm ET, 9pm PR.

 


Shop for your books here:   https://bookshop.org/shop/lascomadresbookclub

 

Subscribe to the Las Comadres YouTube Channel for more author interviews.  Here's the link to last month's Live Author Podcast:   https://youtu.be/TgunqO0921E?si=HtMYNLzfp9NE36qd

 

Visit the Las Comadres & Friends Book Club website for more upcoming books of the month:   https://latinolit.com

 

 

Happy Reading and Always Read Latino Lit!