Writer and educator, Leticia Hernández, has presented her poetry throughout the country and in El Salvador for over a decade. Since receiving the William Carlos Williams Prize from the Academy of American Poets, her writing has appeared in newspapers, anthologies and literary journals, some of which include, Street Art San Francisco, Latino Literature Today and The Other Side of the Postcard. She has taught literature, creative writing, and worked with youth and community-based organizations throughout California. She recently completed a spoken word c.d. entitled Mucha Muchacha, Too Much Girl, funded by a San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant, and she is completing a poetry manuscript to accompany that project. In 2001, she began organizing and hosting Pinta tu Propio Mundo an annual women's poetry, performance, and art event. Under its new name, Amate: Women Painting Stories, this series is now part of the Intersection for the Arts Incubator Program. For more information on the work of Leticia Hernández-Linares visit: www.daraluz.net,
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