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First Generation and Representation, Entering the Literary World

First Generation and Representation, Entering the Literary World, Interview with Jose Hernandez Diaz

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...

Interview with Alejo Padilla, GRIT

Interview with Alejo Padilla, Founder of G.R.I.T. and Assistant Principle at North Tahoe High School.

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...

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.

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...