Dr Nancy E Jasso
Dr. Nancy Jasso is one of the founding physicians of a laser tattoo-removal project for the San Fernando Valley Violence Prevention Coalition.
Dr. Nancy Jasso is one of the founding physicians of a laser tattoo-removal project for the San Fernando Valley Violence Prevention Coalition.
An acclaimed writer of both fiction and nonfiction, she is the author of the essay collection “Sidewalks”; the novels “Faces in the Crowd” and “The Story of My Teeth”; “Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions” and “Lost Children Archive: A Novel.”
María Roselia Jiménez Pérez has produced several children’s books in Tojolab’al and has composed several pieces of vocal music in her language as well.
Maria Concepcion Bautista Vázquez is a Tsotsil writer and painter from the Tsotsil pueblo of Huixtan, Chiapas.
Nadia López García is the author of the poetry collections Ñu’ú Vixo /Tierra mojada (2018), Tikuxi Kaa/El Tren (2019), Isu ichi/ El camino del venado (2020) and Dorsal (2021).
Julieta Campos was a postmodernist novelist, short story writer, critic, and translator.
Inés Arredondo wrote several books, as well as essay collections and published two anthologies.
Irma Xóchitl is an anthropologist and linguist, author of the books Nahuatocaitl. Apellidos nahuas de Puebla, senderos hacia nuestra cultura originaria (2018) and Mah timomachtiah nahuatlahtolli ican totoca. Aprendamos náhuatl con nuestros apellidos (2021).
Isabel Juárez Espinosa is a Maya Tseltal writer who has been writing since 1990, exploring social themes and issues, concepts of race and ethnicity, and the problems associated with urbanization, such as alcoholism and addiction.
Folk singer and social rights activist Joan Baez uses her voice to advance social change.