GRISEL Y. ACOSTA
acostagrisel@hotmail.com
EDUCATION:
2010 University of Texas at San Antonio
Doctor of Philosophy in English/Creative Writing Certificate
Research Advisors: Dr. Sonja Lanehart; Dr. Norma Cantú; Dr. Wendy Barker; Dr. William Ayers
Dissertation (with Creative Component): A Sancocho of Race and Place: Critical Race Ecocriticism in U.S. Caribbean Latino/a Texts
2010 University of Texas at San Antonio
Creative Writing Certificate—Doctoral Level Creative Writing
Mentors: Dr. Wendy Barker and Dr. Catherine Kasper
1999 University of Illinois at Chicago
Master of Education (Honors Graduate)
Specialization: English Education; Teaching Writing
1995 Columbia College Chicago
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism (Honors Graduate)
Specialization: Feature Writing; Film-making
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
Fall 2012-present
Assistant Professor
English Department
Bronx Community College—CUNY, Bronx, NY
Fall 2011-Summer 2012
Assistant Professor
English Department
Queensborough Community College—CUNY, Bayside, NY
Fall 2007-Summer 2011
English Instructor
English Department/The Writing Program
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Fall 2005-Spring 2006
Writing Instructor
Saturday Outreach Program
The Cooper Union of New York
Fall 2001-Spring 2006
English Instructor
Academic Foundations/ESL Department
Hudson County Community College in Jersey City, NJ
Fall 1998-Fall 1999
Freshman Language Arts Instructor
Scientific Research Writing Instructor
The Early Outreach Program
The University of Illinois at Chicago
GRANTS/AWARDS:
2016
Kweli Journal Creative Writers Workshop Fellowship at The Poets House
2016
Creative Capital Artist Fellowship by Creative Capital and The Geraldine Dodge Poetry Foundation
2015
Can Serrat Artists Residency Partial Scholarship, El Bruc, Spain
2014
2015
Can Serrat Artists Residency Partial Scholarship, El Bruc, Spain
2014
The
Aspen Institute’s Wye Faculty Seminar and Fellowship
City
University of New York Faculty Fellowship Publication
Program—Creative
Writing, under Bridgett Davis
2013
Kweli Journal Scholarship to attend book
pitch session
at Kweli Writers’ Conference,
Brooklyn, New York
Rutgers
Scholarship to attend Association of Writers and Writing
Programs Conference, Boston, Massachusetts
Programs Conference, Boston, Massachusetts
2012-13
Bronx
Community College Foundation Faculty Scholarship
Support
Grant
College of Liberal and Fine Arts Conference Award—Creative Writing,
University of Texas at San Antonio
College of Liberal and Fine Arts Conference Award—Scholarly
Writing, for “¡Peligro! ¡Peligro! Afro-Latino Characters in
Danger in Rural and Suburban Environments: Critical Race
Ecocriticism in the Work of Piri Thomas and Junot Díaz,” UTSA
2009
Sandra Cisneros Award for Volunteer of the Year, UTSA
2008
Alpha Chi Honors Society Inductee
Heldrich-Dvorak Travel to SW/TX PCA/ACA Fellowship
Omicron Delta Kappa Honors Society Inductee
University Teaching Fellowship, UTSA
2007
Check the Rhyme nominated for NAACP Image Award for
Outstanding Literary Work—Poetry
2006
Hispanic Leadership Program in Agriculture and Natural
Resources Doctoral Three-Year Fellowship
1997
University of Illinois Graduate College Fellowship Award
1996
National Association of Hispanic Publications Award—Feature
Writing
1995
Chicago Tribune Journalism Stipend
National Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar
PUBLICATIONS (creative works, essays, reviews and scholarship):
*Note: Links to texts/information found in selected entries.
Acosta, Grisel Y. "Hard Rock (The Truth About Jezebel)," "Nothing but You," and "Revolution Mami." The Lauryn Hill Reader. Ed. Dr. Bettina Love. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2018. Print. Forthcoming.
Acosta, Grisel Y. "Pelibre Latinx" and "Pelota de Fuego." Paterson Literary Review.
Issue 45. 2017-18. Print. Forthcoming.
Acosta, Grisel Y. “Day Terrors.” Basta!: 100 Latinas Write on Violence Against Women.
Ed.Dr. Emma Sepulveda. Reno, Nevada: The Latino Research Center at The University
of Nevada, 2017. Print. Forthcoming.
Ed.Dr. Emma Sepulveda. Reno, Nevada: The Latino Research Center at The University
of Nevada, 2017. Print. Forthcoming.
Acosta, Grisel Y. "The Desegregation of an Afro-Latinx." American Studies Journal--
Mendez v. Westminster Issue Fall 2017. Print. Forthcoming.
Acosta, Grisel Y. "Meeting Chicago in Spain," "Mother, Father, Child of the Americas,"
and "Yayabo Americano." Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en
Letras y Cambio Social Spring 2017. Print. Forthcoming.
Acosta, Grisel Y. Interview by Stephanie Schoellman. Black Speculative Arts Digital
Archive. 14 Feb. 2017. Web.
Acosta, Grisel Y. “A Month in the Life of an Impending Dictatorship,” English Kills
Review, Dec. 12, 2016. Web.
Acosta, Grisel Y. “The Glass Techo,” as part of “‘We Have the House and It Is Gated’:
Latina/o Writers on Resistance,” The Kenyon Review, Nov. 29, 2016. Web.\
Acosta, Grisel Y. “The Invisible Latina Intellectual.” VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. 6 July 2016. Web.
Acosta, Grisel Y. “Poppy Fire Harvest” and “Birth,” New Jersey’s Drug Addiction Crisis, NJTV.com, 2016. Web. (featured article on the commissioned work)
Acosta, Grisel Y. “Hardcore Chica Punk Birth Fragments” and “Shades of F-ing Grey.” In Full Color. Ed. Summer Hortillosa. Jersey City, New Jersey: The Art House Publications, 2016. Print
Acosta, Grisel Y. “Hardcore Latina Punk Birth Fragments.” Reproductive Freedom Festival Anthology. Ed. Cindy L. Cooper. New York, New York: Indie Theater Now, 2016. Web.
“‘Racism Begins in Our Imagination’: How the Overwhelming Whiteness of ‘Boyhood’ Feeds Dangerous Hollywood Myths.” Salon. 22 Feb. 2015. Web.
“Racism in ‘Boyhood’ is the Worst Kind.” Latino Rebels. 9 Feb. 2015. Web.
Acosta, Grisel Y. Review of Michael Dowdy, Broken Souths: Latina/o Poetic Response to Neoliberalism. Diálogo: An Interdisciplinary Journal Published by the
Center for Latino Research at DePaul University, Latin American and Latina/o
Poetry in the 21st Century Issue Vol. 17:2 Fall (2014): 193-194.Nineteen Sixty Nine: An Ethnic Studies Journal Vol. 2:1 (2013). Web and Print.
Acosta, Grisel Y. “How Victoria’s Secret Corners Young Women.” Yoga Brains. 28 Mar. 2013. Web.
Acosta, Grisel Y. “Environmentalism.” The Routledge Companion to Latino/a Literature. Eds. Suzanne Bost and Frances Aparicio. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis/Routledge Press, 2012. Print.
Acosta, Dr. Grisel Y. “Androgyny Time Machine FuturePastNow.” The Arts United:
Exploring Femininity and Masculinity 9 Sept. 2012: 52, 63.
Acosta, Grisel Y. “Trash.” The San Antonio Express News 15 May 2011: 13G. Print.
Acosta, Grisel Y. “Trash.” Tattoosday National Poetry Month Project. New York,
New York: Tattoosday, 2011. Web.
Acosta, Grisel Y. Review of Américo Paredes, Cantos de adolescencia/Songs of Youth (1932–1937), Eds. B.V. Olguín and Omar Vásquez Barbosa. Western American Literature Fall (2010): 317-318. Print.
Acosta, Grisel Y. “Historia” and “Dream Water Breath Death.” El Mundo Zurdo:
Selected Works from the Meetings of the Society for the Study of Gloria
Anzaldúa, 2007 & 2009. San Francisco, California: Aunt Lute Books, 2010. 165-
168. Print.
Acosta, Grisel Y. “Cubanita” (reprint), Voices de la Luna Dec. (2009): 32. Print/Web.
Acosta, Grisel Y. “Cracked Snack Smile.” The San Antonio Express News 28 June 2009:
11G. Print.
Acosta, Grisel Y. Editor. Sagebrush Review Vol. 4 (2009). Print.
Media.” The Handbook of Latinos/as and Education: Theory, Research and
Practice. New York, New York: Routledge Press, 2009. Print.
Acosta, Grisel Y. “Silencio Reál: Silences and Voices in Afro-Latina Language in I
Am Cuba and Anne B. Real.” African American Women’s Language: Discourse,
Education, and Identity. Ed. Sonja L. Lanehart. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK:
Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009. Print.
Acosta, Grisel Y. "Alvarez, Julia." The Nineties in America. Pasdena, California: Salem Press, 2008. Print.
Acosta, Grisel Y. “Dream Water Death Breath, “ Holographic Glitter,” and “Concentric Circles.” MiPoesias American Cuban Anthology Mar. (2008): 4-6. Print/Web.
Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Literature. Ed. Dr. Luz Elena Ramirez. New
York, New York: Facts on File, 2008. Print.
Acosta, Grisel Y. “Fleeting Sentiments,” “¡Que Quiero Gozar!” and “On the Skids
Parallel”. TEX! Literary Magazine Dec. (2008): 18-19. Print/Web.
Acosta, Grisel Y. “Historia,” “The Aliens,” “Stolen Guavas,” and “A Visit.” Pembroke
Literary Magazine Latino/a Issue Vol. 40 (2008): 178-186. Print.
California: Salem Press, 2008. Print.
Acosta, Grisel Y. “The Black Latino Experience” (reprint), Blacktino, 2008.
Web.
Acosta, Grisel Y. “House of Walls,” Private International Review of Photographs
(2007). Web.
Acosta, Grisel Y. “Pressure Mix.” Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets and Emcees. New York, New York: LitNoire Publishing, 2006. Print.
Acosta, Grisel. “Cubanita” and “Historia.” Latino Artists Round Table Online. New
York, New York: LART, 2004. Web.Grisel. “Cubanita.” After Hours Literary Magazine Vol. 5 (2002): 47-49. Print.
Grisel. “Chica!Go! (Part One).” Urban Life Center Calendar (2002): August. Print.
PRESENTATIONS:
Conferences
Presenter, "Life in a Flash: Teaching Bronx Writers to Slow Down and Write Flash Fiction,” Flash Fiction: Theory and Practice, Northeast Modern Language Association, Chasseur Room, Baltimore Marriot Waterfront, Baltimore, Maryland, March 24, 2017
Paper presentation of “Punks and Hipsters: Latina Outsiders in Literature and Media," City University of New York, Colloquium for Research in Latina/o Culture and Theory, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, New York, February 17, 2017
Featured Lecturer, “The Art of Latinidad: Playwright Carmen Rivera and the Role of the Arts in the Latino/a Community,” Bronx Community College Hispanic Heritage Month Lecture, North Hall Library, Bronx, New York, September 28, 2016
Presenter, “To Workshop or Not to Workshop: Teaching Creative Writing to New Writers in the Bronx,” The Importance of Text in the 21st Century College Classroom, CUNY Conference on Best Practices in Reading/Writing Instruction, LaGuardia Community College, Queens, New York, November 7, 2015
Presenter, “Yo Soy Un Brainiac: Essays, Testimonios,
and Reports Calling for the Educational Utopia of the Latino/a Student and
Scholar,” The Annual Conference for the National Network of Educational
Renewal, California State University at Chico, Chico,
California, October 1-3,
2015Presenter, “Yo Soy Un Brainiac: Essays, Testimonios, and Reports Calling for the
Educational Utopia of the Latino/a Student and Scholar,” The Second Biennial Latina/o
Literary Theory & Criticism Conference: Latina/o Utopias: Futures, Forms, and the Will
of Literature, John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York,
April 23-25, 2015
Presenter, “Rewind, Remix, Revise: The Shift of Meaning in Repeated African American Pop Culture Lyrics,” 8th Annual African American Studies Symposium, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, April 9, 2015
Presenter, “Peligro, Peligro! Afro-Latino/a Characters in Hazardous Environments: Notes on My Chapter in The Routledge Companion in Latino/a Literature,” Faculty Day, Bronx Community College, May 29, 2013
Presenter, “Search for the Perfect Word—Creative Writing at Bronx Community College,” Faculty Day, Bronx Community College, May 29, 2013
Invited Book Fair Participant, Rutgers Creative Writing Program Scholarship to attend the Annual Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, March 7-9, 2013
Presenter, “Environmental Clash: The Conflict Between Physical and Cultural Environments in Afro-Latino/a Literature,” Haciendo Caminos Biennial Latina/o Literary Theory & Criticism Conference: Mapping the Futures of U.S. Latina/o Literatures, John Jay College, New York, New York, March 7-9, 2013
Presenter, “The Routledge Companion to Latino/a Literature Roundtable,” Haciendo Caminos Biennial Latina/o Literary Theory & Criticism Conference: Mapping the Futures of U.S. Latina/o Literatures, John Jay College, New York, New York, March 7-9, 2013
Presenter, “The Routledge Companion to Latino/a Literature Roundtable I: (Inter)disciplinarity in Latino/a Writing, Performing, Eating, Breathing,” American Studies Association Annual Meeting “Dimensions of Empire and Resistance: Past, Present, and Future, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 15-18, 2012
Presenter, “Spork Mixer: Tough and Twisted Girls in Multicultural Oz.” Cine-Excess VI International Cult Film Conference and Festival, London, England, May 2012
Presenter, "Have We Moved On?: Casta Painting Depictions in Film and in Reality." SCMLA Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, October 2010
Panel curator/presenter, “Wild World of Words: Moving In and Out of Space and Language.” English Graduate Research Symposium, University of Texas at San Antonio, May 2010
Presenter, “¡Peligro! ¡Peligro! Afro-Latino Characters in Danger in Rural and Suburban Environments: Critical Race Ecocriticism in the Work of Piri Thomas and Junot Díaz,” The II International Conference on Caribbean Studies, Cartagena, Colombia, March 2010
Poetry presenter and workshop head, English Graduate Research Symposium, University of Texas at San Antonio, May 2009
Presenter, “Bein’ Real Smart Means Bein’ Real White: The Perpetuation of the Spanish Caste System in the Film ‘Anne B. Real’.” Published Paper in Conference Program, Africana Studies Colloquium, Bowling Green State University, March 20, 2009
Participant, The 21st Annual Lilly-West Conference on College and University
Teaching—Millennial Learning: Teaching in the 21st Century, Pomona, California,
March 1, 2009
Book Fair participant (Sagebrush Review), The Association of Writers and Writing
Programs 2009 Annual Conference and Bookfair, Chicago, Illinois, February 2009
Presenter, “It’s Just a Movie!”: Finding Facts Within the Fiction Through Collective and Connective Reading, The 5th Annual International Conference on Teacher Education and Social Justice, Chicago, Illinois, June 2008
Presenter, "Silencio Reál: Silences in the Language of Afro-Latinas in 'I Am Cuba' and 'Anne B. Real'," The African American Women’s Language Conference, San Antonio, Texas, March 2008
Presenter, "Silencio Reál: The Historical Voice of Afro-Latinas in 'I Am Cuba' and 'Anne B. Real'," The 29th Annual Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 2008
Panel curator/presenter, The Black Latino/a Experience: A Celebration of Race in the Latino/a Community, Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, New Jersey, April 2005
Literary/Theater Events
Spoken Word Workshop, Strong Voice. Strong Future: Creative Writing and Performing, Greenhope: Services for Women, New York, New York, March 31, 2017
Featured Poet, Montclair Monthy Poetry Series, Montclair Public Library Auditorium, Montclair, New Jersey, February 2, 2017
Featured Poet, Latinxs Against Everyone: Poetry and Protest,
powerHouse Arena,
Brooklyn, New York, January
28, 2017Featured Poet, Dante Hall at Stockton University, Atlantic City, New Jersey, January 25, 2017
Featured Poet, Louie Crew Clay 80th Birthday Poetry Reading, LIPS Gallery, Newark, New Jersey, December 13, 2016
Featured Monologue, New Jersey City University's Multicultural Awareness Month presentation of Thinking In Full Color, Jersey City, New Jersey, November 15, 2016
Featured Monologue, New Jersey City University's Multicultural Awareness Month presentation of Thinking In Full Color, Jersey City, New Jersey, November 7, 2016
Featured Poet, “Poetry and Storytelling: Creative Writing in Response to the Heroin Epidemic in New Jersey.” Creative Works Commissioned by California’s Center for Investigative Reporting and NJTV. The Geraldine Dodge Poetry Festival, North Star Auditorium, October 21, 2016
Featured Writer, English Department Creative Writing Reading Series, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, September 22-23, 2016
Featured Poet, Brick City Speaks, Living Incubator Performance Space, Newark, New Jersey, July 12, 2016
Featured Poet, Stereo. Island. Mosaic. Book Release Party, The Nuyorican Poets Café, NYC, June 12, 2016
Featured Poet, The Geraldine Dodge Poetry Foundation Poetry Mini-Festival, Park Ridge, New Jersey, April 26, 2016
Featured Writer, Bronx Community College English Department Lecture Series, Bronx Community College—City University of New York, Bronx, New York, April 7, 2016
Featured Poet, Poetry and Pine, New York, New York, March 24, 2016
Featured Poet, The Geraldine Dodge Poetry Foundation Poetry Mini-Festival, Tabernacle, New Jersey, March 23, 2016
Featured Poet, Live Literature Festival, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, March 22, 2016
Featured Playwright, The Reproductive Freedom Festival, TACT Studio and international live web stream, New York, New York, March 20, 2016
Featured Playwright, "Shades." In Full Color: Monologues by Women of Color, The Art House, Jersey City, New Jersey, March 17-20, 2016
Invited Judge, The Chicago Tribune Nelson Algren Literary Award, February-June 2016
Featured Writer, Literary Lounge for Hispanic Heritage Month, Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, New Jersey, October 15, 2015
Featured Writer/Performer, Songs and Poems. Can Serrat Open Studio, El Bruc, Spain, June 27, 2015.
Featured Playwright, “Hindsight: A Living Memory Poetry Reading.” No Peeking Theater. Jersey City, New Jersey, May 28-31, 2015.
Featured Poet, The Geraldine Dodge Poetry Foundation Poetry Mini-Festival, East Brunswick, New Jersey, May 21, 2015.
Featured Playwright, “Hardcore Latina Punk Birth Fragments.” In Full Color. The Art House, Jersey City, New Jersey, March 26-29, 2015.
Featured Poet, Live Lit, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, February 27, 2015
Featured Poet, Brick City Speaks Poetry Reading, Hell’s Kitchen Lounge, Newark, New Jersey, October 13, 2014
Featured Poet, Brick City Speaks Tribute to Amiri Baraka and Maya Angelou, The Newark Arts Council’s Open Doors Citywide Arts Festival, Newark, New Jersey, October 11, 2014
Featured Poet, Arktoi Books/Red Hen Press Reading for Chopper! Chopper!, La Casa Azul Bookstore, New York, New York, May 22, 2014
Featured Poet/Workshop Leader, Geraldine Dodge Poetry Foundation Festival,
Newark, New Jersey, November 8, 2013
Featured Poet/Workshop Leader, Geraldine Dodge Poetry Foundation Festival, East
Brunswick, New Jersey, May 17, 2013Featured host, Rutgers MFA Reading, The Geraldine Dodge Poetry Festival, Newark, New Jersey, October 13, 2012
Featured reader, “50 for Freedom of Speech: In Protest of Banning Books in Arizona,” La Casa Azul, New York, New York, September 21, 2012
Curator and featured writer, The Written Word, National Poetry Month Events of the San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs, Palacio del Rio Riverwalk Hilton, March-April 2011
Featured poet, Verses Exhibit, smART Events for Contemporary Art Month, Tropicana Hotel, San Antonio, March 2011
Featured commissioned writer, 100 Palabras Artist and Writer Collaboration Gallery Exhibit, The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, January-February 2011
Featured poet, National Hispanic Heritage Month, Barnes and Noble Ingram, September 2010
Featured poet, Dance and Poetry at RADIUS, San Antonio, Texas, April 2010
Featured poet, SMART & National Poetry Month Reading, Hilton Palacio del Rio, San Antonio, Texas, March 2010
Featured poet, Wordworkers: Photos of San Antonio Writers Gallery Exhibit, by Melanie Rush Davis, Bihl Haus Arts, San Antonio, Texas, March 2010
Actress, The Last Stop, written by Carmen Rivera, staged reading, Teatrofest, San
Antonio, Texas, 2009
Featured poet/performer, Teatro Taster, Teatrofest, San Antonio, Texas, 2009
Featured poet/performer, Luminaria, San Antonio, Texas, 2008 and 2009
Featured poet/performer, Geraldine Dodge Poetry Foundation East Brunswick Poetry Festival and Workshop Series, April 2007, 2008 and 2009
Host/curator, San Antonio Second Sundays Poetry Series, 2006-2008
Featured poet/performer, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, 2006
Featured poet/performer, Society of Hispanic and Latino Writers of San Antonio, 2006
Featured poet/performer, The Bowery Poetry Club, 2005
Director, The Teacher’s Lounge, Songs from Coconut Hill Festival, 2005
Commissioned poet/performer, The Women’s Project Theater, NYC, 2004
Featured poet/performer, La MaMa Theater, NYC, 2004
Playwright and Producer, The Room, Urban Pop Festival, Common Basis Theater, 8th Ave. & 46th St., NYC, 2004
Featured poet/performer, New York Latino Film Festival Tribute to Piri Thomas, 2003
Featured poet/performer, University of Massachusetts–Amherst, 2003
Host/curator of Extreme Heights, an artists’ playground, 2002
Host/curator of Blue Heights, at Bluestockings Bookstore, 2001-2002
Host/curator of New Heights Poetry Series, 2000-2002
Actress, Dancing in the Mirror, PSNBC, New York, New York, 2002
Actress, The Sugarhill Showcase, Urban Expressionists Lab Production, The Harlem Theater Company, 2000
Featured poet/performer, Nuyorican Poet’s Café, 2000
COURSES TAUGHT:
Community College-Developmental Level
Basic Reading I &II: Developmental English
Developing Analytical Thought I &II: Reading and Analysis
ESL Levels I-V: Reading, Writing and Speaking
Undergraduate Level
Freshman Composition I
Freshman Composition II
Literary Criticism and Analysis
Creative Writing—Fiction
Creative Writing—Poetry
Creative Writing—Nonfiction
Introduction to Journalism
Latino/a Literature
Special Classes
Learning Communities at various levels
UNIVERSITY/COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Bronx CC Committee on Instruction and Professional Development Secretary, 2016- present
Bronx Community College Creative Writing Club Outreach/Promotions, 2014-15
Bronx Community College Creative Writing Club Outreach/Promotions, 2014-15
Bronx
CC Committee on Instruction and Professional Development, 2014-present
Bronx
CC Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society Advisor, 2014-2015
Bronx
CC English Department Meeting Secretary, 2013-2016
Bronx CC Advisement Committee, 2013-2014
Bronx
CC Student Elections Review Committee, 2013-2014
Bronx CC English Department ESL Committee, 2012-present
ESL Discipline Council--City University of New York, 2012-present
Queensborough Communique Newspaper Faculty Advisor and Managing Editor, 2012
Queensborough English Department Assessment Committee, 2011-2012
Queensborough English Department Composition Committee, 2011-2012
UTSA African American Language Conference volunteer, 2010
UTSA Black and Brown Feminisms Conference planning committee, 2010
UTSA New Ways of Analyzing Variation Conference volunteer, 2010
Sagebrush Review Art and Literature Journal volunteer staff, 2008 and 2009
UTSA Women’s Studies Institute volunteer, 2007 and 2008
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center volunteer, 2006-2011
Teen Arts Puentes Program volunteer, 2006-2011
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Alpha Chi Honors Society
American Studies Association
Modern Language Association
Omicron Delta Kappa Honors Society
South Atlantic Modern Language Association
South Central Modern Language Association
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT:
Summer 2010-2011
Trinity University
Upward Bound Reading and Writing Instructor
San Antonio, TX
Fall 2008-2011
Writer-in-Residence/Anthology Editor
Writers in the Community
Gemini Ink, San Antonio, TX
Sept. 2002-June 2006
Writer-in-Residence/Anthology Editor
Teachers and Writers
New York, NY
SPECIAL SKILLS:
Fully bilingual in English and Spanish
Computer knowledge: Microsoft Office programs; Adobe InDesign and similar publishing programs; Adobe Photoshop; ACID Pro, Sound Forge, and similar music programs; Blackboard and WebCT; BANNER; Fully Integrated Resources and Services Tool; both PC and Mac formats