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Will the levee ever be replaced?
By Olga Rosales Salinas, originally published by Voices of Monterey Bay
Mar 15, 20231 min read


"Everywhere you go, there you are"
This essay by Olga Rosales Salinas, was published by palabra. NAHJ. Follow the link to read the full story.
Feb 25, 20231 min read


Anxiety and The Holidays
by Olga Rosales Salinas Originally published at San Francisco Bay Area Moms. Few things make me as anxious as the holiday season. The...
Nov 10, 20221 min read


First Generation and Representation, Entering the Literary World
First Generation and Representation, Entering the Literary World, Interview with Jose Hernandez Diaz
Feb 27, 20228 min read


On Freelance Work
Happy Birthday to me! 42 is looking good! Instead of champagne and roses, I'm asking for donations to the Rosales Sisters' Scholarship.
Feb 4, 20222 min read


Gordo’s Way
BASED IN CALIFORNIA’S STEINBECK COUNTRY, JAIME CORTEZ’S DEBUT BOOK, ‘GORDO,’ SHOWS THE VULNERABLE RAWNESS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN OUTSIDER
Jan 27, 20221 min read


The collected wisdom of Jaime Cortez
Interview with Jaime Cortez, author of Gordo. Based in Steinbeck Country, 'Gordo' shows the vulnerable rawness of a vulnerable community.
Jan 25, 20221 min read


How to return to your hometown—and give back—after more than 20 years away
by Olga Rosales Salinas Anytime I’m in a grocery store, at a bakery, or in a restaurant and I come across strawberries, I think about my...
Sep 3, 20211 min read


Interview with Alejo Padilla, GRIT
Interview with Alejo Padilla, Founder of G.R.I.T. and Assistant Principle at North Tahoe High School.
Jun 3, 20216 min read

Interview with Baruch Porras-Hernandez
by Olga Rosales Salinas *Tener ganas. What are ganas, and how do they work? Baruch Porras-Hernandez shares his struggle as an immigrant...
Apr 21, 20218 min read


Interview with Santa Clara County Poet Laureate, Emeritus, David Perez
They write a few lines or pluck out a tune and then think, “What’s the point?”...And then they give up... Don’t do this.
Apr 5, 20216 min read


Interview with Jaime Sánchez, Artist/Muralist from Watsonville, CA
by Olga Rosales Salinas First, Jaime, thank you so much for your time and your art. My sisters and I couldn't be more excited for you to...
Mar 11, 20215 min read

Paying it Forward, by Elizabeth Castillo
The first of six daughters to attend college. *Elizabeth Castillo, Homecoming Queen, Class of 1992, with parents, Abel and Maria Rosales....
Feb 11, 20214 min read


Demolition And Spring Break
About The Rosales Sisters’ Scholarship *San Francisco Bay, 1984. Abel Rosales, his five daughters from the top-left, Elizabeth, Nancy,...
Jan 20, 20214 min read
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