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Join us in celebrating the cultural and literary richness of our community!

Lucy Escobar Coaching & Consulting LLC and Mid-Valley Literacy Center are excited to present an event that promotes reading, culture and community togetherness. This unique event will highlight artistic and creative voices, offering a platform to celebrate their works. It will be an opportunity to explore literature in Spanish and English, serving as a bridge between both cultures. We are proud to honor the successes of the vibrant Hispanic community in Salem, Oregon, and beyond. Additionally, we will celebrate Oregon literature and encourage reading in all its forms. We will offer a wide range of planned activities, from book presentations and exhibitions to book signings, lectures, musical performances and more. There will also be commercial opportunities for authors and publishers.

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With your help, you will be an invaluable asset in starting what will become one of the most important cultural Landmarks in Oregon. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please make sure to complete the following form and payment by June 17th 2024

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Ana Ruiz Morillo

Ana Iris Ruiz Morillo es educadora bilingüe, facilitadora de grupos, fundadora y directora de Training To Impact LLC, una empresa dedicada a empoderar a las comunidades a través de capacitación inclusiva y programas para un cambio positivo. Desde su infancia en su tierra natal, República Dominicana, Ana ha demostrado un compromiso con la empatía, la equidad y la colaboración comunitaria, lo que se refleja en su trabajo con las comunidades más vulnerables. Su dedicación también se refleja en su nuevo libro infantil, Superhéroes del Planeta, un libro bilingüe que leerá a los niños que asistirán a la Feria del Libro de Oregón.

Magdianamy Carrillo Sotomayor, manager of a library in Hillsboro, Oregon, She is a source of inspiration that personifies perseverance and commitment.
From her roots in Puerto Rico to her current position, Magdianamy has built a path of academic achievement and community service, leaving a deep footprint in every step.

Her burning passion for ensuring access equitable access to information and its dedication to diverse and neglected are at the core of her work. Her story is a living testimony how determination can overcome any obstacle and transform lives, inspiring others to follow her example in the search for a better world inclusive and full of opportunities.

Magdianamy has a Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences with a specialization in Labor Relations and a Master's degree in Sciences of the Library of the University of Puerto Rico.

Alexandra Farias is a prominent Dominican author, recognized for her passionate romantic novels and her delicate poetry. With a total of more than four novels to her credit, including her most recent work, "Vino el amor", and three collections of poems, she has conquered the hearts of her readers with her emotional and enveloping style. 

In addition to her writing career, Alexandra is a notary public and plays a key role as logistics coordinator at Wakeup Beaverton. Her professional versatility extends to the real estate market. As a life coach, she inspires others to reach their full potential. She holds two certifications in positive psychology and emotional intelligence, which reinforces her focus on holistic well-being and personal development. 

In her free time, Alexandra channels her creativity as a graphic designer and shares her wisdom and experiences through her podcast "Sueña en Grande." Her multifaceted career and dedication to various areas demonstrate her passion for personal and professional growth.

Juan Antonio Martínez

TV JAM arises from the performance of its founder Juan Antonio Martínez, who has worked in the last twenty years in the acting and performing arts field, as well as in local programs, digital media such as social networks that currently have the greatest impact on society worldwide and traditional media such as television and radio, which, although they are older media, are still present in people’s lives, generating the necessary impact to continue informing themselves about what is happening around them.

Carmen Rojas Larrazábal

Poet, cultural manager and anthologist from San Sebastián de los Reyes, Venezuela. She has specializations in English, Chicano and African American Literature. In 2010 she created Artepoesía por La Paz in the United States. During 2021, she created El Arco & La Flecha Editores, a publishing house dedicated to poetry. In early 2022, Carmen creates the Sor Juana Inés De la Cruz International Poetry Prize. In April 2023, her organization, ArtePoesía por la Paz, creates the Poetry Festival, La Palabra en Libertad, a virtual poetry space moderated by Daisy Zamora and Carmen Rojas Larrazábal. She has published several poetry collections. Co-anthologist of Three times your shadow, anthology by Raúl Zurita, 2023. Her poems are part of the Animal Neobarroco anthology, a contemporary sample of this style, compiled by Luis Manuel Pérez Boitel, Cuba. Honorary member of the Mexican Writers Association.

Hampton Rodriguez was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 1968. He studied illustration and Fine Arts from 1993 to 1994 at the Altos de Chavon School of Design, an affiliate of the Parson School of Design in New York. He completed several group exhibitions in his home country before moving to Barcelona, Spain, to continue his studies and development as an artist. Not only that, but he studied 2 and 3 Dimensional Design at IJ TTA Design School in Barcelona from 1996 2000. He participated in group and solo exhibitions in Spain, Belgium,
Cuba, and the Dominican Republic during this time. After returning to Santo Domingo briefly, He moved to Portland at the end of 2000. Since then Hampton continues to make art and has had manyother featured public art pieces in different places in Oregon; including Portland, Beaverton, and Hillsboro. He now resides in Portland, OR with an art studio/gallery in SE Portland.

Born in Mexico City.
He completed his professional studies at the Study Center University of Human Sciences, specializing in Literature and Communication.
Subsequently, he studied Journalism at the UNAM and obtained the Federal Radio and Television Announcer License at the General Directorate of Educational Television of the SEP. He has a diploma in Sports Business Administration from the National Sports Commission.
He worked for 20 years at the Mexican Social Security Institute, in the Departments of Finance and Social Communication. He was part of the Morelense Radio and Television System and the ABC Radio station in Mexico City.

Sarmiento has collaborated in different commercial, state and community radio organizations
both in Mexico and in the USA. Arturo has lived in Salem, OR for more than 20 years where the broadcast of the Hispanidades program begins on the KMUZ station. He currently works as Director of Radio Poder 98.3 FM KTUP. He is a member of the Institute of Oregonian Culture with the title of Councilor.

In the literary field, Arturo began writing poetry in his adolescence, participating in several contests in his native Mexico. His poetic training takes place in different workshops directed by the poets Héctor Carreto, Francisco Hernández and Rolando Rosas Galicia. His poems have been published in magazines and newspapers. As a poet he has participated in live readings and radio and television programs. In his journey through Oregonian poetry, he has collaborated with poets from various communities and has actively participated in the dissemination and promotion of poetry in Spanish. In 2017, Sarmiento won second place in the First Oregonian Poetry Contest, sponsored by the Oregonian Culture Institute.

 
Venezuelan countercultural leader. Thinker, writer, experimental musician, collage artist, researcher, teacher, editor and cultural manager. Development sociologist. Master in Philosophy Latin American. Diploma in Pedagogical Strategies for Innovative Teaching. He is currently studying a PhD in Spanish at the University of Oregon where he teaches Spanish, and next year he will be dedicated to the Graduate Assistant of the Spanish Program as Heritage Language of the School of Global Languages. His most recent publications are the book of essays It's A Selfie World (Monte Ávila Editores Latinoamericana, 2021, Nocaut 2022), the novel Los pájaros prisioneros solo comen alpiste (LP5 Editora, 2020, Los Venenos Fieles, 2021), the compilation of poems Mudable, Antología transitoria 2009 2019 (Ediciones Madriguera, 2020) and the new Mahmud Darwish anda en metro (El Taller White, 2019). Since 2009 he has managed the blog Cuaderno Hipertextual. He has received various recognitions, including the Estímulo a la Creación Literaria en el género ensayo (National Book Center of Venezuela, 2017), the VI National University of Literature Alfredo Armas Alfonzo Award; and the VIII International Mariano Picón Salas Essay Award. He was Head of the National Printing System and Coordinator of Communications at the El perro y la rana Editorial Foundation, as well as Executive Director at Monte Ávila Editores Latinoamericana, thetwo most important public publishers in the Venezuelan Ministry of Culture. He is currently an editor and columnist in the Latin American magazine of criticism and creation. MindKupa. His research investigates the social construction of subjectivity in cultural objects of the 20th and 21st centuries, including concepts, books, music, video games, noise, events, photographs and digital objects. Conduct research around images that capture the search for technological progress, the collapse of this progress, the end of the world and the forms of its rebirth.

Paz García was born in Arandas, Jalisco Mexico to a family of nine. Her heritage is a mix of Spanish and Indiginous origins which are central to her personality and personal interests. As Journalist, she achieved her first collaborations at the age of 18 in a newspaper from Los Altos de Jalisco a region in Central Mexico. Shortly after that she was named Director of Communications for the City of Arandas. She graduated from the University of Guadalajara with a degree in Business Administration and International Business. She immigrated to the United States in 2001. For the first few years she lived in Chicago and Mississippi. In 2003, she moved to Oregon with her daughters and opened a small business where she has since created roots with a network of friends and community which makes her feel at home.
Her career as an actress began at the University Theater in Guadalajara, in the United States she has been part of the staging as producer and actress for over ten years in The Vagina Monologues, a production that creates awareness and promotes the prevention of violence against women.
Currently, she is a collaborator within the Department of Communications for Mano a Mano Family Center. Her work focuses on the dissemination of information about social interest programs for the hispanic community and hosts Mano a Mano Contigo on Radio Poder, a local community radio station.

Garcia is a Mother of two daughters, an entrepreneur, she has collaborated with different organizations as a Health Promoter and in numerous events and cultural, social and educational programs within the Hispanic community for the last eighteen years. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her daughters, writing, reading, and volunteering. She is passionate about communications, art, music, photography and the simplicity of life. Her main purpose is to see her daughters thrive as happy, beautiful human beings as well as to experience and inspire the art of being grateful, with a deep understanding that gratitude opens doors and infinite possibilities to those who practice it.

Mitzeline González

Mitzeline González is a Primary Teacher, a lover of art and poetry since she was a child, originally from Mexico, she comes from a family of teachers and speakers, whose legacy was a liking for literature, art, education, theater and communication.
She has knowledge in the area of ​clinical psychology, 1 year of Master’s Degree in Education, and 4 years of Bachelor’s Degree in Primary Education, in Sinaloa Mexico, practicing her career in Tijuana BC. She traveled to Oregon, where she married and had two small children. Later she opened a Day Care, called: “La Escuelita de Mitzy”, where in addition to providing care to children, she focuses on guidance and early learning.
She resumed her writing habits again and began the path of literature and culture again.
Amador Aguilar, Mexican immigrant, professional, from the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, with higher education in engineering, passionate about education, art, culture and technology. With 27 years of residence in the Northgate neighborhood of Salem Oregon, he founded the ENLACE Cross-Cultural Community Development project, which proposes community development strategies promoting the concepts of mutual respect, integration, equality, multiculturalism and community recognition through education, art, culture and technology to support mostly families from minority groups with greater disadvantages. With more than 30 years of experience he has worked with children, youth, adults and seniors in the Salem Keizer and Gervais school districts. On the other hand, he has contributed to the community by serving as a volunteer in community projects such as the La Paz and Reconciliation community garden, projects of the city of Salem, as well as being an active member of approximately 20 organization committees and leadership groups in the period of residence living in the city of Salem.
Hampton Rodríguez nació en Santo Domingo, República Dominicana en 1968. Estudió ilustración y Bellas Artes de 1993 a 1994 en la Escuela de Diseño Altos de Chavón, filial de la Escuela de Diseño Parson de Nueva York. Realizó varias exposiciones colectivas en su país de origen antes de mudarse a Barcelona, España, para continuar sus estudios y desarrollo como artista. No sólo eso, sino que estudió Diseño Bidimensional y Tridimensional en la Escuela de Diseño IJ TTA de Barcelona entre 1996 y 2000. Participó en exposiciones colectivas e individuales en España, Bélgica, Cuba y República Dominicana durante este tiempo. Después de regresar brevemente a Santo Domingo, se mudó a Portland a fines de 2000. Desde entonces, Hampton continúa haciendo arte y ha presentado muchas otras obras de arte público en diferentes lugares de Oregon; incluidos Portland, Beaverton y Hillsboro. Ahora reside en Portland, OR, con un estudio/galería de arte en el sudeste de Portland.

Russell Rogers

Russell Rogers worked with kids for 20 years as a personal trainer in baseball and softball and currently runs a landscaping company. In 2020, he pivoted, and stepped away from training and coaching and in 2021 began writing ideas in a journal. Two years later Russell launched five books for families, encouraging them to do activities together outside. In June 2024, he launched the anniversary edition of his book called Today (Baby Steps, My Firsts, Something New, Great Adventures and Here I Go).

Concepción Samano

Migranta was born as a meeting of student and working women writing their stories, at the end of 2020. Since then, it has carried out various activities: the Migrantextos creative writing workshop, book presentations, poetry readings, oral storytelling events, invitation of Mexican artists who teach theater, singing and composition workshops, and much more.

Concepción Sámano, director of the project, has lived in Oregon for 10 years, has studies in philosophy, history and theory of art, is a cultural promoter, writes and publishes poetry, teaches literary and emotional management workshops, works as a mentor and counselor for addiction and mental health, she is a volunteer producer at Radio Poder, in addition to having obtained various recognitions for her poetic work.

TV JAM arises from the performance of its founder Juan Antonio Martínez, who has worked in the last twenty years in the acting and performing arts field, as well as in local programs, digital media such as social networks that currently have the greatest impact on society worldwide and traditional media such as television and radio, which, although they are older media, are still present in people's lives, generating the necessary impact to continue informing themselves about what is happening around them.

 

 
TV JAM arises from the performance of its founder Juan Antonio Martínez, who has worked in the last twenty years in the acting and performing arts field, as well as in local programs, digital media such as social networks that currently have the greatest impact on society worldwide and traditional media such as television and radio, which, although they are older media, are still present in people's lives, generating the necessary impact to continue informing themselves about what is happening around them.

Dr. Bill Long

Bill Long has been many things in life: a professor of religion and humanities, an
editorial page editor for a major American paper, a pastor, a professor of history, a
litigation attorney and a law professor. The written word, to persuade, entertain and
instruct, has been of paramount importance for him. He has written more than 20
books in many fields over the years. He would love to speak, and listen, to you.

Ana Ruiz Morillo

Ana Iris Ruiz Morillo is a bilingual educator, group facilitator, founder, and director of
Training To Impact LLC, a company dedicated to empowering communities through
inclusive training and programs for positive change. Since her childhood in her homeland,
in the Dominican Republic, Ana has demonstrated a commitment to empathy, equity, and
community collaboration, which is reflected in her work with the most vulnerable
communities. Her dedication is also reflected in her new children’s book, Superhéroes del
Planeta, a bilingual book she will read to children attending the Oregon Book Fair.

Lucy Escobar

Lucy Escobar, mentor and business consultant dedicated to serving the community, focusing on organizations that generate community impact and wealth.

Founder of the Oregon Book Fair, Lucy is the author of “Atrévete a ser una mujer exitosa”, a guide to personal, intellectual, professional and spiritual development. Her next book, “El Arte de La Realización Personal”, will be released on July 20, 2024.

With 20 years in the banking industry and 25 as a business consultant, she co founded the Latino Chamber of Commerce Business Alliance. She has been commissioner of human rights and public relations for the city of Salem, where she was an honorary member. Currently, she is a volunteer director at the Salem Chamber of Commerce.

Danza Azteca - Ameyalmazatl Citlaltonal

We will share the ancestral culture of Anahuak through dance and song, in order to bless the event opening to the four cardinal points.

Verónica Aguilar

Verónica R. Aguilar is a Latina immigrant originally from the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, with a deep passion for the arts, including drawing, painting, music, and traditional folk dance.
Since 2005, she has been a co-founder and project coordinator for youth, children, and adults with ENLACE Cross-Cultural Community Development. She has also been actively involved in community committees and projects, such as the Northgate neighborhood association, and has volunteered at her children’s schools and the Salem public library. Additionally, she contributed to the book “Rescue of the Mosaic Mural for Peace” and has participated as an artist in mural projects, including those on Donald Street and the most recent mural at Northgate Park in Salem, Oregon.

Lucy Beltrán

Lucy Beltran, nacida en la Ciudad de México, emigró en 1996 a Oregón USA.

Se ha desempeñado como educadora de padres a nivel regionalpor más de 25 años en diferentes organizaciones, es facilitadora y entrenadora de varios currículos.

Ha presentado a nivel nacional e internacional diferentes talleres en conferencias para padres, recientemente certificada en tanatología y fundadora de BSL Servicios de Desarrollo Familiar como consultora independiente.

Valentina Ortiz

Valentina Ortiz has been on stage since she was 6 years old. She is an actress, a musician and a storyteller. She takes her stories to schools, parks, theaters and festivals in Mexico, the US, different parts of Asia and Latin America. She has published 5 books and produced 4 records with her original stories and music.

Since 2017, she is the founder and director of Zazanilli Cuentos A.C., Mexican nonprofit that takes storytelling and music to underprivileged communities. She now deeply enjoys multilingual storytelling, Spanish, Nahuatl, English, French. Since 2023, she is the recipient of the Mexican Government three year grant, Creadores Escénicos.

Nelda Reyes

Nelda Reyes, originally from Mexico City, is a prominent artist and educator specializing in physical theater and Latin American and Mexican cultural expressions. With vast experience in crafts, language, folk dance and music from Mexico, Spain and the Caribbean, Nelda has co-created Leyendas de México, an educational tourism program based on pre-Columbian tales, and is the founder of Nuestro Canto, a group dedicated to the preservation of Mexican art and culture through artistic education.

Since 2008, Nelda has facilitated workshops and collaborated with libraries, schools and universities in the Pacific Northwest. Her background includes studies at Harvard University’s Moscow Art Theater Institute and a Master’s Degree in Theater from Portland State University.