#thechachafiles

Ill be at DePaul university Thursday October 12 giving a talk/reading "Pupusas, Puentes y Pasión: Central Americans are Not Your Tragic Other" and a writing workshop called "Writing Resistance: Tender hearts in Tragic Times" ok. Maybe I just changed the title. See you soon Chicagooooo!#thechachafiles

I could post pictures of me at Mills but instead Here’s a picture of a packed Mills Hall waiting for me to get started. Then they read their own work and I was blown away. These students are brilliant. Keep writing and publish to! Create your own publications and submit to all the big name journals. Or present the hell out of your academic papers at conferences and write irreverent journalism. Make all the art. Extra shout out to all the first gen students who are holding it down. Thanks for letting me tell you all the things I wish I had heard when I was at Mills. #mayaatmills #millsalumna #thechachafiles

#LASA2016 I was just added to this show. Doing a short set but hope to see you in Brooklyn at the Branded Saloon. I'll be bringing books and unicorn pins! #heelsonwheelsroadshow #glitterandgrit #thechachafiles #femmepoet (at Branded Saloon)

He's in my poetry and my everything. #prince #poetics #thechachafiles #thebeautifulones #darlingnikki #freaky #funky

Authors Anel Flores and Maya Chinchilla read #thechachafiles and #Empanada in City Lights Books @korimapress (at City Lights Bookstore)

Central American & Chicano Studies students w/professor Karina Oliva and me after my talk in her class. #Ucla #thechachafiles #centralamericaning #centralamericanunicorns

Dionne Espinoza fierce Unicorn Ally. #mujeresdemaiz #thechachafiles #centralamericaning