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Latinx Storytellers Conference

Now in it's second year, the Latinx Storytellers Conference uplifts and connects writers who identify as Latinx right in the heart of the publishing industry. I’ll be speaking about writing compelling creative nonfiction as well as signing hot-off-the-press copies of The Many Mothers of Dolores Moore .

Book Launch: Many Mothers of Dolores Moore

Book launch at Magers & Quinn in Minneapolis.

Boozy Book Fair: Cream & Amber

Cream & Amber in Hopkins, Minnesota, will host a book fair for adults.

Boozy Book Fair: Stillwater

Valley Booksellers is hosting a Boozy Book Fair at River Siren Brewing in Stillwater, Minnesota.

Lake Country Booksellers: Author signing

Author meet-and-greet during the White Bear Lake farmer’s market. Stop by!

Club Book: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

In conversation with bestselling author Silvia Moreno-Garcia discussing her latest novel The Bewitching.

Hennepin County Library Author Talk: Magical Realism

Author talk at the Minneapolis Central Library (downtown branch) on the topic of magical realism.

Content Books: Author talk

Northfield, Minnesota’s independent bookstore Content Books will host an author talk as well as Q&A.

Select Past Events

Speaking and Interviews

Anika at Red Balloon Bookshop

Book launch for Meet Me Halfway at Red Balloon Bookshop, 2022

In conversation with Pam Muñoz Ryan, Red Balloon Bookshop (2025)

In conversation with Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, Club Book from MELSA and Hennepin County Library (2024)

In conversation with Cristina Henriquez, Club Book from Friends of the St. Paul Public Library, Hennepin County Library, and MELSA (2024)

In conversation with Erika Sanchez, Talk of the Stacks from Friends of Hennepin County Library (2023)

Meet the Finalists panel, Minnesota Book Awards (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

In conversation with Claire Forrest, Wild Rumpus Books (2023)

Minnesota Department of Education, Lunch & Learn (2023)

Radio Interview by Cathy Wurzer, Minnesota Public Radio (2022)

Books of Wonder, NYC, virtual panel (2022)

Middle Grade Magic virtual panel, hosted by School Library Journal (2022)

In Conversation with Donna Barba Higuera, Newbery-winning author, virtual, Moon Palace Books (2021)

In conversation with Julia Alvarez, at Talk of the Stacks from Friends of Hennepin County Library (2021)

Book Festivals & Conferences

Book Launch: Meet Me Halfway, with Jacqueline West, at Red Balloon Bookshop (2022)

“Moving Words” Panel, Minnesota Book Award (2022, 2023)

In conversation with Imbolo Mbue, Talk of the Stacks from Friends of Hennepin County Library (2021)

In conversation with Jaquira Diaz, at Magers & Quinn (2019)

In conversation with Michael Torres, Moon Palace Books, (2021)

Mystery to Me Books, Madison, WI (2019, 2020, 2022)

Book Launch: What If a Fish, with Pete Hautman, Sheila O’Connor, and Raquel Marie, Wild Rumpus Books (2020)

We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World anthology panel, Minnesota Center for the Humanities (2022)

Book Launch: Magical Realism for Non-Believers, at Moon Palace Books (2019)



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Virtual classroom visit as part of the Texas Book Festival, 2020

Twin Cities Rain Taxi Book Festival (2019, 2022, 2023)

Latinx Kidlit Book Festival (2020, 2021, 2022)

Minnesota Children’s Literature Conference (2022)

Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Conference/ITEM (2022)

Anderson Center Minnesota Children’s Book Festival (2022)

Texas Book Festival (2019, 2020)

Central Wisconsin Book Festival (2021)

Austin ArtWorks Festival (2021)

Middle Ground Book Festival (2021)

Windom Reads (2021 & 2022)

Loft Wordplay (2019)

Loft Wordsmith (2019)

Young Authors Conference (2018, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025)

AWP (2016)

Wordplay panel at the Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, with Nora McInerny, Mary Laura Philpott, and Mira Jacob, 2019

Colleges & Universities

Keynote at Normandale Community College’s Writing Festival, 2022 (Photo credit: Devon Cox)

Hispanic Heritage Month Lecture, UW-La Crosse (2023)

Normandale Community College, Keynote (2022)

Soul Bone Literary Festival, MIU (2022)

Minnesota Writers Series at Anoka-Ramsey Community College (2020)

Carleton College Convocation Lecture (2020)

University of Minnesota, Duluth, guest speaker (2019)

St. Catherine University, Women’s Center speaker (2019)

Knox College, Creative Nonfiction Award, judge and reading (2019)