For information regarding school visits, please contact me via my contact form. Below is a sample of some of my previous keynotes and panels.
- Multiple Public School and Misc.Visits- Guest Speaker July 2008- Present
- TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL- Featured Author- November 2023
- DENVER FESTIVAL OF STORIES- Featured Creator- October 2023
- SAN ANTONIO BOOK FESTIVAL- Featured Author – March 2023
- Roosevelt University Dual Language Symposium- Keynote February 2019
- SCBWI Regional Prairie Writer’s Day Panel – Speaker November 2018
- SCBWI Regional Diversity Panels- Speaker January 2015
- NCTE ALAN Workshop: In Conversation- Panel November 2015
- El Paso Community College Literary Fiesta- Puente Keynote November 2015
- VEGAS VALLEY BOOK FESTIVAL Panel- Speaker October 2015
- NCTE ALAN Workshop: Traversing the Boundary Between Insider and Outsider- Panel November 2011
- Northern Illinois University Dekalb Children’s Literature- Panel April 2011
- Chicago Teacher-Librarian Association Meeting- Keynote October 2010
- El Paso Community College Literary Fiesta- Speaker September 2010
- CPS BATTLE OF THE BOOKS- Keynote April 2010
- GREAT SOUTHWEST BOOK FAIR- Speaker October 2009
- WISCONSIN BOOK FESTIVAL- Featured Presenter October 2009
- PRINTERS ROW BOOK FESTIVAL: Beyond Boys- Panel May 2009
- NCTE ALAN Workshop: New Voices In YA Literature- Panel November 2008
- TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL: Adolescence: Is It Really That Bad, Hot Reads for Middle Graders, Not for Required Reading- Panels October 2008
- REFORMA National Conference ¡YA!: Writing Our World Now- Panel September 2008
- Claremont Colleges Hispanic Heritage Month- Keynote September 2008