After the lunch Conference participants will be invited to an afternoon of networking with California’s most dynamic, inspiring, and successful Latinas. The network also features an exhibit area with vendors showcasing beautiful wares and organizations offering valuable information. There will also be book signing area with Latina authors as well as spa stations where women can enjoy an afternoon of pampering with chair massages, make-up application, hand massages, by Salon Balleza, a local Latina-owned full service day spa.
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JOSEFINA LOPEZ
Author & Screenwriter
Josefina López is best known for authoring the play and coauthoring the film Real Women Have Curves, a coming-of-age story about Ana, a first-generation Chicana torn between pursuing her college ambitions, a personal goal, and securing employment, which is a family expectation. Although Real Women Have Curves is López’s most recognized work, it is only one of many literary works she has created since she began her writing career, at seventeen. Her first novel Hungry Woman in Paris was released on March 9, 2009.
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Jamie Martinez Wood
is the author of seven books and the recipient of the 2008 international Latino Book Award Best Reference Book for Latino Writers and Journalists. Her debut novel and Tomas Rivera award nominee is Rogelia’s House of Magic. Jamie is an inspirational speaker and empowerment specialist. She teaches workshops on personal power and earth spirituality and conducts classroom visits and assemblies on writing, publishing, and self-esteem. www.jamiewood.com
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MARGO CANDELA’s
most recent novel, More Than This (Touchstone, August 2008), was a Target stores Breakout Book and an American Association of Publishers national book club selection at Borders Books with Las Comadres. Margo is also the author of Life Over Easy and Underneath It All, both published by Kensington Books in 2007. She's written for magazines and websites and is currently at work on her next project. www.margocandela.com
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Reyna Grande
is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Across a Hundred Mountains (Atria 2006), for which she has received an American Book Award and El Premio Aztlan Literary Award. She is a sought-after speaker and lecturer at middle/high schools, colleges and universities across the nation. Her second novel, Dancing with Butterflies, will be published in 2009. www.reynagrande.com |
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GLORIA DELATORRE-WYCOFF
DELATORRE PUBLISHING
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Gloria and her husband Dane live in Lake Forest, California. She is the proud matriarch of a four generation family: three daughters, two sons, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Her novel, Scarred by Scandal, Redeemed by Love is the story of her personal journey as a mother and Latina leader. In January 2008, Gloria was selected as one of the Latino/Latina alumni honorees during California State University Fullerton’s 50th Anniversary celebration “Querer es Poder: 50 Examples.” In 1973, she became actively involved in women’s and community issues.
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Sarah Rafael García
started writing short stories and poetry after her father’s passing in 1988. She resided in Beijing, China in 2004 for a year and a half, teaching English to students of all ages and writing full-time. Now, four years later, she is promoting her first novel, Las Niñas, A Collection of Childhood Memories, while developing new works and reaching out to the community. www.sarahrafaelgarcia.com
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