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Ekiwah Adler-Beléndez

Mexican Poet
Disablity Advocate
Love on Wheels

Richard Blanco

Inaugural Poet Laureate
Cuban-American Writer
Gay Rights Advocate
FYE Memoir: Los Cocuyos

Daniel Borzutzky

Distinguished Poet
National Book Award
Translator from Spanish
Immigration Politics

Cristina Garcí­a

Cuban-American Writer
Novelist & Poet
Young Adult Author
Novel: King of Cuba

Juan Felipe Herrera

US Poet Laureate (2015-17)
Mexican American Writer
Performer & Activist
Children's & YA Books

Ernesto Quiñonez

Acclaimed Novelist
Bodega Dreams
Oral Storyteller
Latino Trendsetter Award

Javier Zamora

Salvadoran Poet
The Migrant Experience
Issues of War & Peace
Unaccompanied

Raúl Zurita

Acclaimed Chilean Poet
Poetry: Purgatory