My word art submission “How to Be a Bridge Person When You’re a Light-Skinned Latina Living in Kentucky” was selected as one of the finalists for HISTORIAS LATINAS DE LEXINGTON.

The HISTORIAS LATINAS DE LEXINGTON Concurso de Arte hosted by Casa de la Cultura informed me recently that I was a finalist for the competition. They invited us to take photos at the library and are posting every submission to Facebook for voting for the "People’s Choice” award.

Unapologetically Us readers named the poem “What I Am and Am Not Saying About Embodiment” as the reader’s choice for best work in Issue #2.

Earlier this summer, I shared the publication of “What I Am and Am Not Saying About Embodiment” in a disabled-centered zine. I was recently informed that the poem was selected by readers as the best work for the issue (the full issue is available via Flipsnack if you still want to read the works and absorb the art). I am using the prize money to start a small savings fund for my next round of publications.

If you would like to hear a reading of this work, check out my Substack where I am newly posting and plan to share more readings in the future.