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Ariadna Sánchez Hernández nació en la tierra "donde abunda el ejote", Ejutla de Crespo, Oaxaca. Los versos empapados de emociones encuentran un hogar en las páginas de Visitas inesperadas. Visitas inesperadas, es un poemario con fotografías que une los aromas y colores de una tierra mágica con los ecos de la memoria. La poeta florece en cada estrofa, bañada de sol y esperanza, pintando poesía más allá de la frontera. Sus poemas han sido publicados en prestigiosos medios impresos y electrónicos tales como la revista infantil Iguana, La Raíz Magazine, Xinachtli Journal-Journal X, Oaxaca Profundo, La Bloga y Los Bloguitos. También contribuyó en el libro El Sistema: Music for Social Change por Christine Witkowski, ha sido promotora de la lectura en Oaxaca y en Los Ángeles a través del proyecto Líderes En Acción (LEA) y publicó su primer libro bilingüe H is for HOLA. An ABC Odyssey en coordinación con la organización no-lucrativa Heart Of Los Angeles (HOLA). Visitas inesperadas es su primer libro de poesía en español engalanado con fotografías inéditas. Conecta con Ariadna Instagram @_ariadnasanCorreo electrónico sanchezhedz@gmail.com

"Before I Say Goodbye" is a poetic play in five acts that invites the reader into the story of an Aries Brujita & classic Virgo crashing into each other. The book is filled with Easter eggs for readers to decipher, and poems calling and answering each other throughout. "Before I Say Goodbye" is the roadmap for anyone who has ever been afraid to leave a relationship. You cannot love someone into loving you, but you can love yourself enough to say goodbye to them and to start saying hello to yourself.Janette Valenzo is a bilingual queer Chicana actor, poet, teaching artist,Tarot reader, and mental health advocate. She's been published in several literary journals. She currently teaches with UCLA and several arts-based nonprofits, while writing a monthly career Tarotscopes column for Powerful Latinas Rising. She attends USC for a Master of Education in School Counseling and holds a BFA from NYU Tisch. For more on her work, visit www.janettevalenzo.com.

You are a wildflower.You grow in difficult places.You absorb light and shine.You are independent.Florecita linda, florecita locasolo necesitas tu almay la madre tierra para florecer.Mariposa x Guerrera is a love letter to mujeres who are giving themselves wings through revolutionary self-love.Kim Guerra is an artist, writer, and entrepreneur. She is the creator of Brown Badass Bonita, a brand and movement she considers a revolutionary act of self love and love for our Latinx community. She wants people to wear her shirts as a statement and shield. She wants people to feel like a walking and living revolution when they wear a Brown Badass Bonita tee. She creates apparel that celebrates our culture and empowers mujeres. She also writes pieces and creates art that celebrate and explore the complexities of being a Latinx, mujer, PoC, survivor, and guerrera. She considers her art and work to be a responsibility to her community of Latinx and mujeres.

LIBRE: Pensamientos Poèticos Feministas es una colección de micropoesía escrita a mano por la escritora y empresaria Colombo Americana, Davina Ferreira.En esta colección, Ferreira nos invita a preguntarnos: ¿ Somos verdaderamente libres? ¿ Se puede ser "libre," cuando tantas mujeres - aùn no lo son - en pleno siglo XXI?Estos micro poemas, donde Ferreira, le apuesta a la belleza a la sencillez, nos invitan a encontrarnos en el anhelo de nuestra libertad más profunda.Ferreira explora, como en sus otros libros,a la mujer moderna y su mundo interior, sus deseos y su despertar femenino. LIBRE es una invitación al corazón del alma feminista, decidida al fin, a vivir su verdad interior.Davina Ferreira es una empresaria y poeta galardonada de origen Colombo Americano.Ferreira es la creadora de la compañía ALEGRIA Media & Publishing, una compañía multimedia que destaca el talento LatinX a través de su librería móvil, editorial independiente y su revista con más de 9 años de historia. Ferreira nació en Miami, Florida, pero creció en Medellín, Colombia. En 1997, emigró a Los Estados Unidos, donde recibió su licenciatura en Arte Dramático de la Universidad de California, Irvine para luego incursionar en el teatro bilingüe en La ciudad de Los Ángeles. Años después, continuó sus estudios en la Real Academia de Artes Escénicas (RADA) en Londres y se unió a la Universidad de California, Los Ángeles para culminar sus estudios de periodismo en Español. Su trayectoria como poeta y autora independiente incluye los libros: Take Me with You, una colección de cuentos y poemas en formato bilingüe. Finding my Alegría, una autobiografía para adolescentes para crear consciencia sobre las enfermedades de salud mental. If Love Had a Name, una colección de poemas en Inglés. Ganadora de la medalla de oro en el Latino International Book Festival.Stories of Happy Lovers & Unhappy Wives, Una colección de relatos cortos enfocados en el feminismo y el erotismo.Libre, Una Colección de Pensamientos Poéticos Feministas en Español. En 2020, La revista de Oprah, Oprah Daily destacó la labor de Ferreira en el mundo de la literatura LatinX en USA para apoyar a autores emergentes y promover la literatura Latinoamericana en barrios y escuelas de bajos recursos. Otros premios y reconocimientos, incluyen:Empowered Women Award por la fundación de Tory Birch, El Premio de Rising Star de La Asociación Nacional de Empresarias Latinas en USA, y de CSQ Magazine Award New Gen entregada en el Rockefeller Center in New York City.

In May 2012, against all odds and after an incredibly difficult journey into motherhood, Faby Ryan gives birth to her miracle 1 lb 2 oz micro-preemie. After enduring a five-and-a-half month stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Faby and her husband, Danny Ryan are finally able to bring their daughter home, only to discover the journey doesn't end there.Three years later, while on a family vacation at the Colorado River, just North of Lake Havasu, Arizona, Faby Ryan loses her husband in a tragic accident leaving her a thirty-two-year-old widow and solo parent to their three-year-old special needs daughter, Emma.After going through the most incredible loss in her life, Faby Ryan embarks on a journey of self-discovery, healing, and finding her true calling. In the midst of loss, pain, and heartache, her willingness to survive gives way to new adventures, new opportunities, and a newfound love for writing and sharing her story with the world. Her journey through loss ignites a fire in her she never knew she had. Always Carry Me With You is the story of Faby and Danny's life together: their beautiful relationship, the journey into parenthood, and Faby's immense loss and fight for survival after all the tragedy that changed her world. Her story is meant to inspire and give courage to anyone coping with overwhelming loss, trauma, and grief. It is a reflection of love, hope, motherhood, and adventure-a reminder that you can still find joy through loss.Being a creator and lover of all thing's beauty, Faby Ryan is a creative entrepreneur and writer. She is a proud mother and bilingual advocate and educator of all things preemie-hood and widowhood. Born to Mexican parents and raised in Los Angeles, California, Faby Ryan is a first generation Mexican-American.Her passion for writing began early on at the young age of nine after discovering the writings of poet Pablo Neruda, which inspired her and awakened a deeper love for writing poetry, short stories, and sharing her words with the world. This gained her a few scholastic writing awards as well as a presidential award and pin. In 2012, after suffering three miscarriages, the loss of one of her twins, and giving birth to her 1 l b 2 oz micro-preemie surviving twin, Emma, Faby Ryan's mission to tell her story of loss and survival ignited her advocacy toward parents of preemies. She has served as a volunteer for numerous platforms such as the Ronald McDonald House Charities and women's shelters, and she has also participated and raised money toward March of Dimes/March for Babies every year since. Together with her daughter, Emma, she started her Give-Joy Project as a way to give back for her miracle; a project to support and let other parents of preemies currently in Neonatal Intensive Care Units know they are not alone. In 2015, after losing her husband, Faby Ryan began a second mission in sharing her grief journey as a young widow and solo parent. She started an online private support group called Widowed Solo Mommy which she plans to turn into a podcast. Her story has been published multiple times in online media platforms such as Love What Matters, a publication which features real life stories. Faby has made it her life's mission to tell her story of survival hoping it might help others going through life's hardships.