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Vickie Vértiz

Writer, Educator, Advocate

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Tag: City of Bell

Latina Leadership in Bell Gardens, a new KCET essay

“In the parking lot of the Food-4-Less supermarket on the corner of Atlantic and Slauson, two high school students stood … More

Artesia, Bell, Bell Gardens, Bell Gardens High School, California legislature, City of Bell, City of Downey, City of Maywood, City of Norwalk, Cristina Garcia, Cudahy, KCET Departures, Latino democrats, Latinos in Los Angeles, Los Angeles politics, Pride58, Southeast Los Angeles, Vickie Vertiz, women

Recent writing, news, and posts

  • Virtual AWP 2021 panel, “The Woven Verse: An Exploration of the Latinx Verse Novel in Kidlit”
  • Toyoteria: Jaime Muñoz’s Apparitions of Faith
  • On family violence and waiting for the Big One
  • “1989 Caprice Classic,” a poem
  • KCET Story: Third-annual Southeast L.A. River Arts Festival held entirely online
  • Teaching online? Don’t panic. Seriously.
  • AWP 2021 in San Antonio: events!
  • Yesika Salgado and I chop it up: video from 2019 LitLit Conference: Latinx/L.A. Poetics
  • Vickie in New York (and Vermont)!
  • To Collage, To Carry: A Fragmented Essay Writing Workshop, Sat. 8/24, NYC
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