Celebrate Latinx voices in literature with author, illustrator, and poetry talks for all ages, speaker and activist Isa Noyola, author Myriam Gurba, Melissa Mariachi Los Sánchez, and the Latin Drag Divas!
For adults: Myriam Gurba, author of Creep; Melissa Coss Aquino, author of Carmen and Grace; Rafael Augustín, author of Illegally Yours, A Memoir; and the Latinx Poets – Brenda Vaca, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, Juan Farias, liz gonzález, Victoria Ballesteros.
For teens: Mona Alvarado Frazier, author of The Garden of Second Chances; Missy Fuego, author of Life is Wonderful, People are Terrific; and the Long Beach Youth Poets from Long Beach’s Youth Poet Laureate Program.
For children: Eric Ramos, author of Super Torta; Jesus Trejo, author of Papá’s Magical Water-Jug Clock; Joe Cepeda, author and illustrator of Rafa Counts on Papá; Mirelle Ortega, author and illustrator of River of Mariposas; and Tamika Burgess, author of Sincerely Sicily.
12:00PM – 1:00PM
OPENING OF FESITVAL
KEYNOTE: ISA NOYOLA, Deputy Director of Mijente
MARIACHI LOS SANCHEZ PERFORMANCE
1:00PM – 2:00PM
Children’s Authors: Eric Ramos Super Torta
(Storytime Theater) Jesus Trejo Papa’s Magical Water-jug Clock Moderator: Nancy Tamika Burgess Sincerely Sicily
Teens: Long Beach Youth Poet Laureate Panel (Meeting Rm B)
Moderator: Kiana
Poets’ Salon (Miller Room): Brenda Vaca
Moderator: Karina liz gonzález
Juan Farias
1:00PM- 1:45PM
Moderator: Li Yun
Adults Melissa Coss Aquino Carmen & Grace (Meeting Rm A)
Moderator: Li Yun
1:45PM- 2:15PM
Moderator: Li Yun
Adults Rafael Augstín Illegally Yours (Meeting Rm A)
2:00PM- 3PM
Children’s Author/
Illustrators: Mirelle Ortega River of Mariposas (Storytime Theater) Joe Cepeda Rafa Counts on Papá
Moderator: Nancy
Teens: Mona Alvarado Fraizer The Garden of Second Chances (Meeting Rm B) Missy Fuego Life is Wonderful, People are Terrific Moderator: Ruby
Poets’ Salon (Miller Room): Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo
Moderator: Kiana Victoria Ballesteros
2:15PM- 3:00PM
Adults Myriam Gurba Creep
(Meeting Rm A)
Moderator: Li Yun
3:00PM – 4:00 PM
Terrace Latin Drag Divas