FEBRUARY
*Saturday, February 16, 2008: Presenter at Reading the World Conference, San Francisco, CA, with LibroPalooza members-Rene Colato Lainez, Monica Brown, and Malin Alegria.
MARCH
*Wednesday, March 5, 2008 @ 6:00- Music 120 ( Music Building) : Reading at Cal State University, Los Angeles to celebrate the release of Latinos in Lotusland (other readers include Helena Maria Viramontes and Daniel Olivas)
*Thursday, March 6, 2008: Presenter at CABE, San Jose, CA, with LibroPalooza members-Rene Colato Lainez and Monica Brown.
*Saturday, March 8, 2008 @ 3:15-4:30: Reading at CATE along with Sonia Nazario, Long Beach, CA.
*Wednesday, March 12, 2008 @ 12:30-1:30 (Sequoia 150) : Featured "Woman's Month" author at Evergreen Valley College in San Jose, CA.
*Wednesday, March 12, 2008 @ 6:30-7:30: Seventrees Public Library, San Jose, CA.
*Tuesday, M arch 25, 2008 @ 4:00 : Cal State Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA.
APRIL
*April 4, 2008: Roosevelt Middle School in Compton, CA.
*Thursday, April 10, 2008 @ 11:00: Miracosta College, Oceanside, CA.
*Friday and Saturday, April 11-12, 2008: Butte College in Chico, CA.
*Wednesday, April 16, 2008: Taft College- 29 Emmons Park Drive Taft, CA 93268
*Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 2-3 : Santa Monica College, Los Angeles, CA.
*Saturday, April 19, 2008: Adelante Mujer Latina Conference, Pasadena CA.
*Friday, April 25, 2008 @ 8:00-1:00: Lennox Middle School, Lennox, CA
*Saturday-Sunday, April 26-27, 2008: Los Angeles Times Festival of Books signing 12-1:30 @ Artesania Mexicana, UCLA.
*Monday, April 28, 2008 @ 9:30: Bakersfield College, Delano Campus, Delano, CA
MAY
*May 5-7, 2008: Presenter in the 2008 Tenth Annual Literary Conference, San Benito, TX.
*Thursday, May 22, 2008: Hosler Middle School, Lynwood, CA.
JUNE
*June 6, 2008: Speaker at UCSC Chancellor Inauguration, Santa Cruz, CA. Congratulations Chancellor Blumenthal!
*Saturday, June 07, 2008: Book signing at the Feria Del Libro @ Zapata Wear.
*June 13, 2008: Keynote at the Pasadena City College Commencement Ceremony, Pasadena, CA.
SEPTEMBER
*September 28, 2008: Moderator and Panelist at the West Hollywood Book Fair (Panel: "The Second Novel Nightmare" with Janet Fitch, Nina Revoyr, Sonia Nazario, Eduardo Santiago).
OCTOBER
*October 04, 2008: panelist at the San Diego City Book Fair, San Diego, CA.