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I want to thank all my friends and relatives who served and continue to serve in our Armed Forces. You are dedicated, selfless, and brave to a degree I cannot fathom. May God bless you and your families always.

When I taught my students about Veterans’ Day, I used two books that although different, gave strong messages about love of country: Attack on Pearl Harbor by Shelley Tanaka:

and Brother Eagle, Sister Sky:

I taught with these books because November is such a busy month with profound significance around the themes of country, family, Veterans, Native Americans, religious freedom, and giving thanks.

These books share a commonality in that they expose students to different perspectives. Although these books are somewhat outdated in today’s teaching timeline, the messages are not. I recommend these stories for readers around the third grade and higher.

Let me know what you think!

I told this past Saturday at the El Paso Writers’ League’s first Virtual Book Festival. Three other authors, Dan Leydon, J.B. Masaji, and Kari Veenstra read excerpts of their books as well.

My story, La Suerte de Curi, begins a few seconds before the 15-minute mark. It’s dedicated to Don Pedro Covarrubias who shared this story with family.

I will be presenting on Sunday!

TSA Virtual Conference 2020

This Saturday, October 10, the EPWL will host its first Virtual Book Fair from 2-4 PM. It will be livestreamed on the Facebook page as well. Yours truly will be telling.

Here is the link!

https://www.facebook.com/ElPasoWritersLeague

We had a wonderful inauguration for our Little Library on our cul de sac. Our neighbors came out and filled it up in less than two minutes! A special thanks to Fabian Ramirez and Karina Lakhanpal for the artwork! My family—hubby, dad, mom and boys for the hard labor to set it up! Thanx Lisa Lopez-Williamson for enabling me to get the Little Library and all the awesome work you did in El Paso!

You might be surprised by the items being auctioned! Please help support the National Storytelling Network.

NSN Online Auction

NSN Online Auction

This conference has been great! Still have a weekend full of events to go! Here is the link:

2020 Virtual Conference

I would like to thank my marvelous friend and supporter, Maria Lopez, for bringing this storytelling opportunity to my attention. Here is the two-minute pitch. I hope you like it!

The festival is right around the corner!

This year I was honored to be asked to present my workshop: Storytelling in the Dual Language Classroom. So, if there are any teachers in the Dallas/Denton area the weekend of March 12-14, you might be interested in attending. There are other great workshops as well.  For more info on the workshops follow this link:

Workshops @TSF 2020

I will also be performing my story, Xochitl y Papalotl, at the Fringe Concert from 3:30-5:00 on Saturday, March 14. If you don’t know what a Fringe Concert is and you’re in the vicinity, stop by and learn!

There are a lot of free activities for families as well. For more info, please visit the website at: