It’s your life to design ! I own & operate an indie family bookstore AND I support school leaders. Mother,wife, daughter , author, coach and more 😊

Dallas, TX
Joined July 2021
Oak Cliff is a book desert & I’m on a mission to change it 📚✊🏼!#readmore #familyliteracy #bookownership
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Sept 8 Sunday afternoon 1pm-3pn drop in anytime, I'll be at @whosebooks with @JudyLiu doing a joint author signing and meet and greet. Memory Extracts was one of the first books I was asked to Blurb and I've been dying to do an event with Judy since! #texasbooktour
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We would love your support! ARCO is part of North Texas Giving Day ! northtexasgivingday.org/orga…
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Join us for our June Book Club & meet author Marcela Fuentes on Sat. Jan. 29th . Malas is a stunning piece of work you won’t want to miss.
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If you’re in Dallas, join me at @whosebooks on Juneteenth for a writing workshop on Black joy! All levels are welcome, and you can register here: eventbrite.com/e/juneteenth-…
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This Thursday I’ll be in conversation with author Javier Zamora at the Texas Theater. We will discuss his NYT bestselling memoir Solito ! Hope you join us ! Get your tickets here: ticketdfw.com/whats-on/2024/…
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Salvadoran-born Javier Zamora’s acclaimed memoir SOLITO details his nine-week journey from El Salvador to the U.S., made unaccompanied at the age of 9. Join us at the historic Texas Theater on May 16th. Book signing after! Tickets: ticketdfw.com/whats-on/2024/…
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I don’t know who needs to hear this… Teaching a literacy curriculum program like a script, lesson-by-lesson, to all kids without considering their current interests, abilities, and needs: - is not scientific - drains the joy out of learning - leads to inequities
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Congrats !!!!
‘Cause all we do is win, win, win 🏆! Congrats to @BriscoeFWISD and their leader @dlburgess23 for bringing home the Readers Become Leaders trophy!!! The mighty 11 set the standard for excellence. We got this and we danced the win! @TBrownEducator @FortWorthISD
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Heading to @whosebooks on April 27 to enjoy a beautiful bookish day in my mama’s hometown of Oak Cliff! Would love to see any Dallasites there! 🩷
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forgot to share on here how amazing our first event of the year FEMMES GATHER went! grateful to come together with folks and honor our full selves. 🥰✨
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This Friday, 3/15 we bring you Spring Revive - A Community Well-Being Fair! Story time, Zumba, mindfulness, yoga , art stations and Open Mic! See you there 🙌🏽
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From reluctant camper to a wilderness advocate, Adam Flores, founder of Roam Wild, started his outdoor journey with a 10-day YMCA wilderness camp his mom signed him up for almost 3 decades ago. Now, he's inspiring local teens with outdoor adventures. oakcliff.advocatemag.com/202…
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Looking forward to having you back in Dallas in June !!
the writer / the vibes and tropes part grief novel, part rivals-to-lovers romance, and all about the epic highs and lows of high school mariachi ❤️ CANTO CONTIGO is out in less than five weeks, putxs!
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Thanks to everyone who came out to the @DallasMuseumArt to see author Xochitl Gonzalez in conversation with me about her latest book Anita De Monte Laughs Last. An unforgettable novel about 2 latinas who refuse to be erased!
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ig saw it first, but another starred review for Canto Contigo! booklist calls it “another masterpiece about queer youth redefining traditional customs in Texas” and “a sweet love story with the positive message that not all change is bad.” ❤️
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Join us next week at the @DallasMuseumArt for a conversation with author Xochitl Gonzalez.
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Last week we hosted Journey Forward Mentoring group. We discussed the book deserts & importance of building a reading culture. Students were gifted a browsing experience, and selected books of their choice to take home and start their own libraries.
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