Literary Latina


FICTION

Aurora Lights, The 2024 Connecticut Literary Anthology, October ’24

Pito, Huizache 10, Fall ’23

Palacio, Kweli Journal, April ’23

Latino Stories

Adding an Accent to the Noir

Shining the Light on Hard Issues

THE ORANGE TIMES

Fig Cooking School

Connecticut Post

Look for Holy Moments         

So Much to a Pretty Woman  

A Quiet Heritage Celebration             

Stamford Advocate

Grieving for Maren Sanchez’s unfulfilled promise                 

Pink Magazine

  • Kate Brobson, June 2014 Issue
  • Susan Coker, May 2014 Issue
  • Tomika Busby, April 2014 Issue
  • Sanaz “Sunny” Anvarinia, April Issue
  • Christa Conley, March 2014 Issue

Mamiverse

Mamiverse.com, Winner of #LATISM13 Award for Best Latino Parenting Website                         

Does Your High School Student Suffer From Senioritis?

A Bilingual Ed Teacher Stands Up for Her Student

Trayvon Martin, Emmett Till, & Men with Guns

Do’s and Don’ts for Your Child’s Year-End Academic Success

How Parents & Kids Can Survive Standardized Testing

8 Character Traits to Learn from Black Women in American History

Ten Things Teachers Want to Know About Your Kids

Words Can and Do Hurt: Tips to Handling Name-Calling

AWARDS

Exeter Writers Workshop for Teachers

Soaring Gardens Artists Retreat July 2024

Kweli Writing Fellow, 2020

 Highlights Foundations Diversity Fellowship, 2019-2021

Alpha Sigma Nu, The Honor Society of Jesuit Universities, Fairfield University Chapter, October 2012.


Jessica Galán teaches English and Social Studies in Hartford, CT.

She recently attended Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference to workshop a draft of AGUACERO, a historical fiction novel set in the Near Future and 1932 Puerto Rico with award-winning author Luis Alberto Urrea.

Email: jessica@jessgalanwrites.com

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