Readings & Interviews
Relinquenda book launch at Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, FL, October 12, 6:30 pm. In-person.
Relinquenda book presentation with Muriel Hasbún at Busboys & Poets, 450 K ST NW, Washington DC, October 23, 6pm. In-person.
Relinquenda book presentation, Boston Public Library, November 3, 6:30pm. In-person.
Relinquenda book presentation, Miami Book Fair, November. In-person and virtual.
Festival Internacional de Poesía Amada Libertad en El Salvador con coordinador Alberto López Serrano y poetas Juana M. Ramos, Carlos Parada Ayala, Vladimir Monge, Nov 2020.
Presentación antología Jardín de sangre con editores Stéphane Chaumet y Susana Reyes; poetas: Roxana Méndez, Krisma Mancía, Aída Parraga, Kenny Rodriguez, Claudia Meyer, Miroslava Rosales. Nov 2020.
El norte y el sur de la poesía salvadoreña. ¿Somos una sola patria? with Miguel Huezo Mixco, Krisma Mancía, William Archila, Susana Marcelo, Elena Salamanca and Vladimir Amaya. September 2020.
Wandering Song Anthology Reading and Fundraiser with Alexis Aguilar, Francisco Aragón, Plinio Hernandez, Robert Karimi, Sheila Maldonado, Henry Mills, Susana Marcelo. June 2020.
Festival de poesía “La patria son los amigos” a beneficio de comunidades damnificadas por la tormenta Amanda y la extensa cuarentena por COVID19 en El Salvador, June 2020.
Tránsito de fuego: Festival digital de poesía with Armando Maldonado (Honduras), moderated by Alberto López Serrano. May 2020.
Zen and the Art of Poetry by Women, Organized by SWWIM and The Betsy Hotel in conjunction with FIU Miami Beach Urban Studios and Miami Dade County Cultural Affairs Department. Reading together with Mia Leonin. May 2020.
Peña Cultural de Los Viernes, hosted by Casa de la Cultura El Salvador. Reading together with Leticia Hernández and Claudia Castro Luna. March 2020.
Split this Rock Poetry Festival, “Salvi Poets Write Back: On Motherhood, Diaspora, and Home” with Claudia Castro Luna and Leticia Hernandez, Washington DC, March 2020. (Cancelled because of COVID-19.)
Círculo Internacional de Poesía y Arte Mujeres Puños Violeta, “Mi mundo surrealista,” Museo de Arte de El Salvador, December 2019.
Fundación Cultural Alkimia, Miércoles de poesía 875, with Janel Pineda and Aída Campos, Los Tacos de Paco, El Salvador, August 2019.
O Miami, Miami Summer Poetry Teachers Institute, New World Center, Miami Beach, Florida, July 2019.
Umbrales: Recital Poético con Vladimir Amaya, Efraín Caravantes, Roberto Deras, Alexandra Lytton Regalado, Josué Andrés Moz, Javier Ramírez, Elena Salamanca, Laura Zavaleta y Kike Zepeda, Teatro Poma, San SAlvador, El Salvador, August 23, 2018.
Poetry reading for EDUCALaberinto teachers of Laberinto Projects, Lake Coatepeque, El Salvador, August 11, 2018.
Poetry en la Plaza, Latino Studies Conference, Washington DC, July 11, 2018.
Poetry reading and interview with Javier Zamora, MARTE, Museo de Arte de El Salvador, June 20, 2018.
Poetry reading at Universidad de El Salvador, Facultad Multidisciplinaria de Oriente, Licenciatura en Educación, June 10, 2018.
Ecfrasis II: De la palabra al imágen, Feria del libro de arte y literatura, MARTE El Salvador Museum of Art, 2018.
Interview with Marcos McPeek Villatoro for The Writing Bull, May 14, 2018.
Centroamérica Cuenta, interview with Jorgelina Cerritos & Fernanda Melchor, Teatro Poma, San Salvador, March 22, 2018.
Encuentro Literario y lectura de poemas, Setenta aniversario de Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos, Con: Miguel Huezo Mixco y Jorgelina Cerritos, moderado por Jorge Avalos, February, 2018.
Ibis Poetry Reading Series at the University of Miami co-sponsored by SWWIM, February 23, 2018.
Books & Books, Coral Gables. FIU MFA Alumni Reading, 4pm, September 17, 2017.
Puntos de fuga / Vanishing Points, con Tania Pleitez Vela, Lucía de Sola, Carmen Gonzalez Huguet, Nancy Gutierrez, Elena Salamanca, Alejandro Cordova, MARTE, August 2017.
Preguerra / Prewar, book launch with Tania Pleitez Vela, Lucia de Sola, Carmen Gonzalez Huguet, Susana Reyes. MARTE, August 2017.
La familia o el olvido / Family or Oblivion, reading and discussion with Elena Salamanca, Elmer Menjivar & Vladimir Amaya, Al Lado Residencia, 2017.
Entrevista con Elena Salamanca y Elsa Leistenschneider, Programa Arte y Vida, Radio Laser 92.9, El Salvador, 2017.
La familia o el olvido / Family or Oblivion, book launch with Elena Salamanca, Feria del libro de arte y literatura, MARTE El Salvador Museum of Art, 2017.
Ecfrasis: De la palabra al imágen, Feria del libro de arte y literatura, MARTE El Salvador Museum of Art, 2017.
Panel & Reading "Beyond Our Borders" at Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, Los Angeles, 2016.
Tejido: A Reading by Central American Writers, Community Development Technologies, Los Angeles, 2016.
Tejido: A Reading by Bilingual Central American Poets, Café South Side, Minneapolis, 2015.
Book launch for Theater Under My Skin, Rendezvous Lounge at the Jewelbox Theater, Seattle, 2014.
Honorable mention for my chapbook "La Lotería," & reading at The Center for Book Arts, New York City, 2013.
Conferences, Workshops & Panels
Me inventé un país: Literatura salvadoreña en la diaspora. Historia de la literatura, Serie Historias de nuestra historia, Programa ACERCA, Centro Cultural de España, Octubre 2020.
Judge for the national short story award Juegos Florales de Cojutepeque, El Salvador, 2020.
Comité consultivo de Alto Nivel, Plan estratégico para la revitalización del centro histórico de San Salvador, Proyecto de USAID Gobernabilidad Municipal, Oct 2019-Feb 2020.
Judge for the national short story award Juegos Florales de Santa Ana, El Salvador, 2019.
Latino Writer’s Caucus, Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, Portland, Or, 2019.
Taller Ecfrasis, Museo de Arte de El Salvador, January 2019.
Patria en El Club de Lectura Cabeza de Libro, Centro Cultural de España, September, 22, 2018.
Judge for the national poetry award XXIII Juegos Florales de Sonsonate, El Salvador, 2018.
Latino Studies Conference, Washington DC, Panel: The Wandering Song Anthology, July 2018.
Latino Writers Caucus, Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, Tampa, FL., 2018.
Interactions: Poetry & Visual Arts, Workshop at the Santa Barbara Central Library, November 10, 2017.
Judge for the national fiction award XXII Juegos Florales de San Miguel, El Salvador, 2017.
Judge for the Y.ES Grants for Arts Writers, September 2017.
Letras Latinas / Pintura: Palabra Washington DC Residency, June 12-19, 2017.
"Clínica de Primeros Auxilios Poéticos," y "Poemas por Encargo," Feria del libro de arte y literatura, MARTE El Salvador Museum of Art, 2016.
Latino Writers Caucus, Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, Washington D.C., 2017.
Feria del libro de arte y literatura, MARTE El Salvador Museum of Art, 2016.
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, Minneapolis , 2015.
PINTURA: PALABRA workshop in Miami, Florida sponsored by Letras Latinas, the literary initiative at the University of Notre Dame's Institute for Latino Studies, 2014.
5to Festival de Poesía Infantil, Biblioteca Nacional, El Salvador, 2014.
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, Seattle, 2014.
Book launch for Segundo índice antológico de poesía salvadoreña, Palacio Tecleño, El Salvador, 2014.
Art
Círculo de artistas y coleccionistas at MARTE, El Salvador Museum of Art. Participating artists: Walterio Iraheta, Javier Ramírez NADIE, Gerardo Gomez, Gabriela Novoa, Luis Cornejo, Antonio Romero, Juan Carlos Lazo Tablas—and to international artists Osvaldo Ramirez Castillo (El Salvador/Canada), Luciano Goizueta (Costa Rica), Marlov Barrios (Guatemala). Audience heard presentations of artists’ work and enjoyed a dinner hosted by Il Bongustaio. Wine sponsored by DrinkIT. At the end of the night the nine artworks donated by the artists were raffled off to support the contemporary art programs of MARTE. February, 2020
Coordination of art expo by Otto Hernández and Ileana Ivandic at Il Bongustaio and Nico Hotel, October 2019-February 2020.
Coordination of art expo by Negra Alvarez at Il Bongustaio and Nico Hotel, Feb-September 2019.
Coordination of art expo by Rodrigo López Arguello, Boris Ciudad Real and Oscar Perez at Il Bongustaio and Nico Hotel, Oct 2018 -Jan 2019.
Coordination of art expo by Carmen Elena Trigueros at Il Bongustaio and Nico Hotel, June-Sept 2018.
MARTE Contemporanéo committee, Hocus Pocus VI with curator Miguel A. López, Contemporary Salvadoran Art, MARTE El Salvador Museum of Art, 2018.
MARTE Contemporanéo committee, Hocus Pocus V with curator César García, Contemporary Salvadoran Art, MARTE El Salvador Museum of Art, 2017.
MARTE Contemporanéo committee, Hocus Pocus IV with curator Omar López Chahoud, Contemporary Salvadoran Art, MARTE El Salvador Museum of Art, 2016.
Co-coordination of fundraiser El Arte en la Mesa, Board of Directors, MARTE El Salvador Museum of Art, 2016 & 2015.
Coordination of art exhibit of contributing illustrators' work in Teatro bajo mi piel, MARTE El Salvador Museum of Art, 2014.
