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Life to current date
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Born today
born in El Paso, Texas -
El Paso teacher
Writer, educator, administrator, lecturer, and activist at El Paso Independent School District -
Poetry Award, New America: Women Artists and Writers of the Southwest
Albuquerque, New Mexico -
First children book published
A Birthday Basket for Tia
She had said in interviews how difficult it was for a Latino author to get published. -
El dio de los niños/ los libros
Helped to promote El día de los niños/El día de los libros, during National Poetry Month, to celebrate children and reading bilingual books. -
Estela and Raúl Mora Award
helped to establish this award amongst the National Association to Promote Library Service to the Spanish-Speaking and Latinos. -
Honorary Doctor of Letters
State University of New York in Buffalo -
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
North Carolina State University -
May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture
Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), American Library Association, Santa Barbara, CA, -
Lon Tinkle Award for Lifetime Achievement
Texas Institute of Letters in El Paso
