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SUMMARY:Applied Words: It Gets Better
DESCRIPTION:pictured left to right: Precious\, Jill Howe\, Tamale (curator/host)\, Greg Ledger\, Lily Be\n“It Gets Better” is curated and hosted by the fabulous Tamale and features great comic voices responding to the themes of history\, mythology\, gender\, and high school. This reading is co-sponsored by About Face Theatre and is presented in connection to their spring production of Brahman/i: A One-Hijra Stand-Up Comedy Show by Aditi Brennan Kapil—co-produced with Silk Road Rising. \nIt Gets Better is supported in part by a generous donation from Bridgeport Mind and Body. \nThere will be door prizes\, including tickets to Brahman/i\, courtesy of About Face Theatre\, and a sexy gift basket worth $50\, kindly donated by Early To Bed. \nPlease note: This is a 21+ program and is free to attendees. \n  \nABOUT THE PERFORMERS: \nThere is nothing a bio can tell you that will truly introduce you to this wise Mexican badass Lily Be from Humboldt Park. She’s a WNEP Maelstrom winner\, first Latina Moth GrandSLAM champion\, and producer/host of Stoop-Style Stories Live at Rosa’s Blues Lounge. \nJill Howe spends most of her time on stories… her own and others. She organizes fellow writers in sharing their latest work at her monthly workshop\, Friends with Words\, while also co-producing Story Sessions (www.storysessionschicago.com)\, a monthly show and weekly podcast. The next theme is “Phoenix Rising”\, tales of triumph over adversity\, March 16th at City Winery. Jill has experienced story panic attacks before reading at Mortified\, Chicago Solo Theatre\, Ignite Chicago at the 1871 tech lab\, Essay Fiesta\, Story Club Bridgeport and many more. \nGreg Ledger was born in Ohio\, did some time in Canada\, and settled in Chicago\, which is where he as spent  most of his life\, so consider him a “native.” He cohosts the podcast\, “A Dear School\,” performs with the live lit ensemble “Is This a Thing\,” and occasionally with the improv group\, “Tiny Nugget.” He has told true-life stories at Story Lab\, Write Club\, You’re Being Ridiculous\, WNEP Theater\, and Seven Deadly Sins. A web front end developer by day\, he lives in Rogers Park with his partner and an extremely annoying parrot. \nPrecious is Youth Outreach Coordinator at Center on Halsted and coordinates Youth programming surrounding HIV prevention\, Transgender advocacy\, and cultural awareness. Precious is a native Nebraskan\, a 2013 graduate of Columbia College Chicago with a Bachelors of Arts in Musical Theatre\, and was recently awarded the prestigious “30 under 30” award from Windy City Times.  Precious stays busy as an artistic associate with  About Face Theatre and a facilitator with the National Conference for Community and Justice STL’s Anytown program. \n  \nABOUT THE CURATOR/EMCEE \nTamale was born in Arizona\, homeschooled\, and mercilessly teased in public high school. An avid member of the 4-H and the Future Farmers of America\, she discovered a love for all things agriculture that led her to earn a BS in both Agricultural Education and Agricultural Technology Management at the University of Arizona. After college\, she chose to pursue her love of comedy in Chicago\, which had the added benefit of keeping her from being killed with fire and sticks when she came out as a queer lady. She now drives a big black motorcycle with an eyelash\, performs comedy\, and travels the world collaborating with other performers to create amazing multidisciplinary shows. In March\, she will be returning to Europe with the Windy City Blenders for their ten year reunion show in Dublin. The week before\, she has booked her own European tour. You can see examples of her work at BrassChucklesComedy.com and TamaleRocks.com. She loves tiny hats more than most people think is healthy. \n  \nOUR PARTNERS \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAbout Face Theatre creates exceptional\, innovative\, and adventurous plays to advance the national dialogue on gender and sexual identity\, and to challenge and entertain audiences in Chicago\, across the country\, and around the world. \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSilk Road Rising (formerly known as Silk Road Theatre Project) creates live theatre and online videos that tell stories through primarily Asian American and Middle Eastern American lenses. In representing communities that intersect and overlap\, we advance a polycultural worldview. \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \nA diverse line-up of live music seven nights a week. Indie Rock\, Folk\, Country\, Rap\, Jazz– it’s all here at Schubas. And food\, too.  Schubas is located at 3159 N Southport. \n  \n \n  \n  \nA sex positive\, woman-oriented shop where people of all genders can feel comfortable taking control of their sexual selves. Since opening in 2001\, Early to Bed has not only provided sex toys and information to countless people\, but also has worked hard to spread a sex-positive message everywhere they can\, giving workshops and talks throughout the community. \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/applied-words-comedy-part-1/
LOCATION:Schubas Tavern\, 3159 N Southport\, Chicago\, IL\, 60657\, United States
CATEGORIES:Applied Words
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SUMMARY:Reading\, Conversation\, and Book Signing: Cristina García
DESCRIPTION:READING\, CONVERSATION\, AND BOOK SIGNING:\nCRISTINA GARCIA\, author of King of Cuba \nTuesday\, March 18\, 6:00 p.m.\nHarold Washington Library\nCindy Pritzker Auditorium\n400 South State Street\nFREE \n \nAs a part of Story Week 2014\, the Guild has collaborated with Columbia College to bring you an evening with renowned author Cristina García . \nCristina García is the author of six novels: King of Cuba (Scribner\, 2013); The Lady Matador’s Hotel (Scribner\, 2010); A Handbook to Luck (Knopf\, 2007); Monkey Hunting (Knopf\, 2003); The Agüero Sisters (Knopf\, 1997)\, winner of the Janet Heidiger Kafka Prize; and Dreaming in Cuban (Knopf\, 1992)\, finalist for the National Book Award. García has edited two anthologies\, Bordering Fires: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and Chicano/a Literature (2006) and Cubanísimo: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Cuban Literature (2003). She is also the author of three works for young readers: Dreams of Significant Girls (2011)\, a young adult novel set in a Swiss boarding school in the 1970s; The Dog Who Loved the Moon\, illustrated by Sebastia Serra (Atheneum\, 2008); and I Wanna Be Your Shoebox (Simon and Schuster\, 2008). A collection of poetry\, The Lesser Tragedy of Death (Akashic Books)\, was published in 2010. \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/cristina-garcia/
LOCATION:Harold Washington Library\, 400 S. State St.\, Chicago
CATEGORIES:Story Week 2014
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SUMMARY:Panel: Translation Matters
DESCRIPTION:PANEL: TRANSLATION MATTERS\nWednesday\, March 19\, 5:00 p.m.\nHumboldt Park Fieldhouse\n1400 N. Sacramento (North of Division)\nFREE\nProduced in partnership with Story Week and presented in special collaboration with Chicago Park District. \nDuring this panel\, celebrated authors and translators will discuss the crucial role literature plays in increasing global understanding\, the need to teach literature in translation\, and other topics. \nFeaturing\nCristina Garcia\, author of King of Cuba\nKolin Jordan\, translator for 7Vientos\nAchy Obejas\, author of Ruins\nValeria Luiselli\, author of Faces in the Crowd and Sidewalks \nHost\nSusan Harris\, editorial director of Words Without Borders \nAbout the Panel:\nCristina García is the author of six novels: King of Cuba (Scribner\, 2013); The Lady Matador’s Hotel (Scribner\, 2010); A Handbook to Luck(Knopf\, 2007); Monkey Hunting (Knopf\, 2003); The Agüero Sisters (Knopf\, 1997)\, winner of the Janet Heidiger Kafka Prize; and Dreaming in Cuban(Knopf\, 1992)\, finalist for the National Book Award. García has edited two anthologies\, Bordering Fires: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and Chicano/a Literature (2006) and Cubanísimo: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Cuban Literature (2003). She is also the author of three works for young readers: Dreams of Significant Girls (2011)\, a young adult novel set in a Swiss boarding school in the 1970s; The Dog Who Loved the Moon\, illustrated by Sebastia Serra (Atheneum\, 2008); and I Wanna Be Your Shoebox (Simon and Schuster\, 2008). A collection of poetry\, The Lesser Tragedy of Death (Akashic Books)\, was published in 2010. Photo by Isabelle Selby. \n  \nIn 2010 Kolin Jordan co-founded 7Vientos (7V)\, an independent publishing company in Chicago. Since then 7V has published three books with a fourth slated for release in March 2014. Two of those books (Saturnalia\, 2013 and Flowers/The Illustrated Biography of Mishima\, 2014) were translated from Spanish to English by Jordan\, himself. He has been a lifelong speaker and student of the Spanish language and graduated from DePaul with a BA in Spanish in 2005. Photo by Ariana Drule. \n  \n Valeria Luiselli was born in Mexico City in 1983 and grew up in South Africa. Her novels and essays have been translated into many languages\, and her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times\,Granta\, and McSweeney’s. Some of her recent projects include a ballet libretto for the choreographer Christopher Wheeldon\, performed by the New York City Ballet in Lincoln Center in 2010; a pedestrian sound installation for the Serpentine Gallery in London; and a novella in installments for workers in a juice factory in Mexico. She lives in New York City. Photo by Alfredo Pelcastre. \n  \nAchy Obejas was born in Cuba and moved to the United States when she was six years old. Her newest work\, an anthology of recent immigrant fiction called Immigrant Voices: 21st Century Stories\, co-edited with Megan Bayles\, will be released this month by the Great Books Foundation. Her most recent books are Ruins\, a novel\, and This is What Happened in Our Other Life\, a bestselling poetry chapbook. She’s the translator of Junot Diaz’s The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and This is How You Lose Her (both from English to Spanish)\, among many others. She was part of the Chicago Tribune Pulitzer Prize-winning team in 2001\, won several Peter Lisagor journalism honors\, two Lambda Literary Awards\, and an NEA poetry fellowship. Her articles have appeared in the Washington Post\, Village Voice\, Vogue\, Playboy\, Los Angeles Times\, MS\, and others\, including In These Times\, where she writes a monthly column. She is currently the Distinguished Visiting Writer at Mills College in Oakland\, California. www.achyobejas.com Photo by Kaloian. \n  \nABOUT THE MODERATOR: \nSusan Harris is the editorial director of Words Without Borders (www.wordswithoutborders.org) and the coeditor\, with Ilya Kaminsky\, of The Ecco Anthology of International Poetry. \n\nOur Partners\n\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThank You to Our Funder\n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/panel-translation-matters/
LOCATION:Humboldt Park Field House\, 1440 N Humboldt Drive\, Chicago
CATEGORIES:Story Week 2014
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SUMMARY:Meet-and-Greet
DESCRIPTION:PALABRA PURA: Meet & Greet\nWednesday\, March 19\, 6:00 p.m.\nHumboldt Park Fieldhouse\, 1400 N. Humboldt Dr.  (North of Division) \nMeet the panelists from Translation Matters and talk to the authors reading during Noche de novelas / Night of Novels during this social hour. Light refreshments will be provided. Books by the authors will be available for purchase. \nOur Partners: \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura: Noche de novelas II / Night of Novels II (Story Week edition)
DESCRIPTION:Noche de novelas II— Story Week Edition\nWednesday\, March 19\, 7:00 p.m.\nHumboldt Park Fieldhouse\, 1400 N. Humboldt Dr.  (North of Division) \nHosted by Juana Iris Goergen with readings by Raúl Dorantes and Fernando Olszanski\, and featuring Valeria Luiselli—as a part of Story Week 2014 with Columbia College’s Creative Creative Writing Department. In this month’s Palabra Pura\, authors read excerpts of their novels in Spanish\, with English supertitles. See and hear the compelling work of these acclaimed authors through a truly bilingual experience. The event is hosted by Juana Iris Goergen\, and music will be provided by Bianca Lisa Araujo. \nFeatured Writer: Valeria Luiselli\nValeria Luiselli\n\nValeria Luiselli was born in Mexico City in 1983 and grew up in South Africa. Her novels and essays have been translated into many languages\, and her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times\,Granta\, and McSweeney’s. Some of her recent projects include a ballet libretto for the choreographer Christopher Wheeldon\, performed by the New York City Ballet in Lincoln Center in 2010; a pedestrian sound installation for the Serpentine Gallery in London; and a novella in installments for workers in a juice factory in Mexico. She lives in New York City. \n\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n  \nAbout the Participants:\n \nRaul Dorantes was born in Queretaro\, Mexico\, in 1968. He immigrated to the city of Chicago at the end of 1986. Since then\, he has been an active editorial board member of several literary magazines: Fe de Erratas\, Zorros y Erizos\, Tropel\, and Contratiempo. In 2007\, together with Febronio Zatarain\, he published a collection of essays titled Y nos vinimos de mojados with a prologue written by a well known Mexican author Carlos Montsivais. As a playwright\, Raul Dorantes has created numerous plays some of those have been put on stage; two of them by Aguijon Theater Company: Hasta los gorriones dejan su nido (2008) and El lunes de Leon Rodriguez (2009). In 2010\, his play De camino al ahorita was awarded the second prize of the national competition Nuestras Voces organized by New York based theater company Repertorio Español. Currently\, Dorantes works as a professor of Latin American literature at St. Augustine College. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nFernando Olszanski was born in Buenos Aires\, Argentina. He is the author of the novel Rezos de marihuana (Marihuana Prayers)\, The book of short stories El orden natural de las cosas (The Natural Order of Things) which was awarded with the second place in the International Latino Book Award for Best Popular Fiction in 2011\, the poetry collection Parte del polvo (Part of the Dust)\, and is also co-editor of the the anthology América Nuestra\, Anthology of Narrative in Spanish in the United States. As a visual artist\,  he has participated in exhibitions in the US\, Japan\, and Argentina. He is also Chief Editor of the Revista Consenso\, of the Northeastern Illinois University. He holds a Master in Education from Dominican University. He has lived in Scotland\, Ecuador\, Japan\, and currently lives in Chicago. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the Host:\nJuana Iris Goergen (Puerto Rico). Poet. Professor of Spanish\, Latin American/U.S. Latino Literature and Peace Studies at DePaul University\, Chicago. As a poet she has published La sal de las brujas (finalist of Letras de Oro and published by Betania 1997) and  La piel a medias (2001)\,  Las Ilusas/Dreamers (Vocesueltas\, 2008) as well as poems published in anthologies: Astillas de luz/Shards of Light (1998)\, Nosotros los otros (1996) Between the Heart and the Land/Entre el corazón y la tierra (2001)\, Generación (2001) among others. She is the editor of the anthologies: Susurros para disipar las sombras (2011) and Rapsodia de los sentidos (2012) (Erato ediciones\, Poesía en abril International Poetry Festival V & VI). She founded and co-organizes in Chicago\, Poesía en abril: International Poetry Festival in Spanish. She has two unpublished poetry collections: La celda de Lilith and ContraOda al sueño americano. At present she is working in another poetry manuscript Mar en los huesos. \nThis event is produced in partnership with Columbia College’s Story Week and presented in special collaboration with Chicago Park District. This program is made possible by a generous grant from The Chicago Community Trust. \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nCity of Chicago\nRahm Emanuel\, Mayor\nChicago Park District\nBoard of Commissioners\nMichael P. Kelly\, General Superintendent & CEO
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-noche-de-novelas-ii-night-of-novels-ii-story-week-edition/
LOCATION:Humboldt Park Field House\, 1440 N Humboldt Drive\, Chicago
CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura,Story Week 2014
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SUMMARY:Literary Rock & Roll: a life tribute to David Hernandez
DESCRIPTION:David Hernandez in rehearsal. (Photo by Tanya Tucka)\nThe Guild Literary Complex and Columbia College Creative Writing Department are pleased to celebrate the life of David Hernandez in this one-of-a-kind event in conjunction with Story Week 2014: \n“Street Sounds take music\, lyrics and song a stimulating step further.” – Chicago Sun Times \nChicago’s “unofficial Poet Laureate\,” David Hernandez (1946-2013) impressed audiences everywhere with his singular poetic style. Centering his work on the rhythms of urban life\, Hernandez captured universal themes inside a humorous and resonating voice. As the first Puerto Rican poet to be published in Chicago\, Hernandez was a significant member of the region’s literary\, artistic and cultural community through his role as a poet\, educator\, administrator\, events organizer\, and performer. \nA founding member of the Latino Arts Movement\, he received the Puerto Rican Cultural Heritage Award 2002. Hernandez maintained his position as master artist through his commitments as a board member\, editor\, panelist\, and teacher. Born in Puerto Rico\, Hernandez grew up in Chicago\, published seven collections of poetry and edited others\, was a visiting professor at DePaul University\, and read poetry for the inauguration of Mayor Harold Washington\, among other career highlights. Most recently\, he was Poet-in-Residence at the A.N. Pritzker School in Wicker Park. \nIn 1971\, Hernandez and guitarist Dean Karabatsos co-founded Street Sounds\, an award-winning performance ensemble of music\, songs and poems. The group uses original music and lyrics with Latin Jazz\, Blues\, Contemporary Jazz\, Afro-Caribbean\, Folk\, Classical and Cover tune elements. Playing with the band during Literary Rock & Roll will be a wealth of Chicago-based musicians. Original poems by David Hernandez will be performed by Eduardo Arocho\, Marta Collazo\, Carlos Cumpián. \nOur Partners\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThank You to Our Funder\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/literary-rock-roll/
LOCATION:Metro\, 3730 N Clark St\, Chicago
CATEGORIES:Special Events,Story Week 2014
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SUMMARY:Gwendolyn Brooks Community Reading
DESCRIPTION:From Our Neighborhoods: Four Chicago Writers Who Changed America showcases four great Chicago authors whose neighborhoods were both the inspiration and subject of their work.\n\nRead aloud your favorite Gwendolyn Brooks poem on Tuesday\, March 25\, 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The American Writers Museum in partnership with Guild Literary Complex hosts a Gwendolyn Brooks Community Reading. Bring your favorite Brooks poem with you or choose from a selection we will have on hand.\n\nThe event is a prelude to the Guild’s annual tribute to Gwendolyn Brooks—Brooksday—held in June.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/from-our-neighborhoods-four-chicago-writers-who-changed-america-gwendolyn-brooks/
LOCATION:Chicago Public Library—George Cleveland Hall Branch\, 4801 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, 60615\, United States
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SUMMARY:Applied Words: Unseen Worlds
DESCRIPTION:Schubas Tavern\n3159 N. Southport Ave. \nFrom left to right: Paul Gorski\, Joe Austin II\, PhD\, Stephanie Levi (Curator)\, Anne Yoder\, Vojislav Pejović.\nFROM THE CURATOR\, STEPHANIE LEVI\, PhD: \nI am delighted to be curating this month’s Applied Words series. The theme of Unseen Worlds stemmed from my experience as a microscopist originally. When I was working on my graduate degree\, I did intensive light\, fluorescence\, and electron microscopy\, which is a technique that enables one to look at microscopic objects at both high magnification and high resolution. I was captivated by the images I saw and collected\, as well as the idea that there were worlds that were visible far beyond what our naked eye is capable of visualizing. Although we can’t see them unaided they still exist\, and they are captivating\, inspiring us to think about life at scales that we aren’t able to see. Analagously\, when we view the Earth from space\, it looks like a blue marble\, but those of us here know that there are high peaks and deep depths\, and that the planet is teeming with life. I’ve often thought about the secret lives of the objects and living things at the microscopic level —what are there love stories\, their dramas\, their routines? \nThese ideas and images were the spark for the theme\, and beyond this\, I was intrigued by the many subcontexts of the theme as well. There are communities of people who can’t necessarily access science easily or are underrepresented in STEM\, and I see the theme as an opportunity to highlight these communities and populations\, understand the connection between science and social justice\, and support their engagement and interest in science and math. The theme also crosses disciplines\, exploring how science and the arts and humanities intersect\, and what happens when they do. \nIn putting the group of readers together\, I sought to feature scientists as writers\, and science-curious artists to explore the union of the two. My hope is that attendees and the general public leave the event with a better appreciation of scientists as artists in their own right\, cultural creators who offer comment on our shared experience from vantages not normally witnessed. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \nJotham (Joe) Austin\, II\, was born and raised in Philadelphia\, PA. He received his BS in Biology from Penn State University-Behrend\, but when not in the lab he was busy writing short stories and poems. He attended graduate school at Arizona State University\, where he received his PhD in Botany. One could say his love of writing continued to blossom: Joe started reading his poems at coffeehouses and small venues around Tempe\, AZ\, and eventually formed a poetry/music combo with Robbie Roberson\, director of Electron Microscopy. After taking a Postdoctoral position in Microscopy in Boulder\, CO\, he made his way to Chicago where he currently is Director of the University of Chicago’s Electron Microscopy Core Facility. Joe returned to creative writing after tearing his Achilles tendon\, finishing his first novel\, Pretty Small Things. He now knows the true meaning of rejection as he chases publication\, but everyone loves his homebrew. \nPaul Gorski majored in biology and chemistry before taking a job as a technical copywriter. After coordinating his marketing department’s move to digital publishing in the early ‘90s\, he moved on to develop and support digital publishing systems used by ad agencies\, newspapers and publishers. Paul currently supports publishing workflows at the American Dental Association in Chicago. He also writes two weekly columns for The Rock River Times newspaper in Rockford\, where he lives with his wife and children. Somewhere between Chicago and Rockford he pauses long enough to manage www.nwuchicago.org\, the National Writers Union–Chicago website. \nVojislav Pejović (“voice-love peyovich”) is a neurobiologist by training and earns his living as a medical writer. In 2008\, he published a critically acclaimed novel in his native Montenegro\, and in 2010\, translations of Charles Simic’s poetry in Serbo-Croatian. He also wrote a couple of movie scripts. His current project is a collection of stories in English and Serbo-Croatian. He lives in Evanston with his wife and their two sons. \nAnne K. Yoder is a staff writer for the online literary magazine The Millions and is the co-editrix of Projecttile\, a journal of nontraditional writing with a feminist bent. When she’s not dealing in words\, she’s dealing in pharmaceuticals\, legally. She’s a registered pharmacist in three states and she’s moonlighted as a hospital pharmacist for over ten years to support her writing habit. Her fiction\, nonfiction\, and criticism have appeared in Fence\, Bomb\, and Tin House\, among other publications. \nABOUT THE CURATOR: \nStephanie Levi received her Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology at the University of Chicago\, and created a variety of science outreach\, communication and mentoring opportunities during her pre-doctoral years. After completing her Ph.D.\, she centered her career at the nexus of science\, outreach\, education and communication\, focusing on improving student recruitment\, retention and success in the sciences\, technology\, engineering and math (STEM)\, particularly underrepresented students\, first generation and low income students\, and individuals with disabilities. Her impact has led to programmatic success and student achievement at a variety of venues\, including the Midwest’s only four-year Hispanic-Serving Institution\, a national non-profit\, local youth-serving organizations\, museums and libraries\, among others.  Public education and outreach with science\, technology\, engineering and math are critical components of her professional interests\, particularly as they focus on adults. She is the creator of Night Lab and Science is Sexy\, public outreach initiatives to build a bridge between the scientific community and the general public to foster public education\, engagement and interest in science. \nClick the logo below to learn more about Science is Sexy:
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/applied-words-unseen-worlds/
LOCATION:Schubas Tavern
CATEGORIES:Applied Words
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