Reyna Grande Award winning author and inspirational speaker

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Web Name: Reyna Grande Award winning author and inspirational speaker

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English | EspañolReyna Grande is the author of the bestselling memoir, The Distance Between Us, (Atria, 2012) where she writes about her life before and after she arrived in the United States from Mexico as an undocumented child immigrant. The much-anticipated sequel, A Dream Called Home (Atria), was released in 2018. Her other works include the novels, Across a Hundred Mountains, (Atria, 2006) and Dancing with Butterflies (Washington Square Press, 2009) which were published to critical acclaim. The Distance Between Us is also available as a young readers edition from Simon Schuster s Children s Division Aladdin. Her books have been adopted as the common read selection by schools, colleges and cities across the country. Reyna has received an American Book Award, the El Premio Aztlán Literary Award, and the International Latino Book Award. In 2012, she was a finalist for the prestigious National Book Critics Circle Awards, and in 2015 she was honored with a Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature. The young reader s version of The Distance Between Us received a 2017 Honor Book Award for the Américas Award for Children s and Young Adult Literature and a 2016 Eureka! Honor Awards from the California Reading Association, and an International Literacy Association Children s Book Award 2017.Writing about immigration, family separation, language trauma, the price of the American Dream, and her writing journey, Reyna s work has appeared in The New York Times, the Dallas Morning News, CNN, The Lily at The Washington Post, Buzzfeed, among others. Reyna is a proud member of the Macondo Writer s Workshop founded by Sandra Cisneros, where she has also served as faculty. She has also taught at the Bread Loaf Writers Conference and VONA (Voices of Our Nation s Arts).  Currently, she is at work on a novel set during the Mexican-American War.Born in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico (where 43 college students disappeared in 2014), Reyna was two years old when her father left for the U.S. to find work. Her mother followed her father north two years later, leaving Reyna and her siblings behind in Mexico. In 1985, when Reyna was nine, she left Iguala to make her own journey north.After attending Pasadena City College for two years, Reyna became the first person in her family to set foot in a university. She went on to obtain a B.A. in creative writing and film video from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She later received her M.F.A. in creative writing from Antioch University. Awards RecognitionsInternational Literacy Association Children s Book Award 20172016 Eureka! Honor Awards from the California Reading Association2017 Honor Book Award for the Américas Award for Children s Literature Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature 2015National Book Critics Circle Awards Finalist 20122010 International Latino Book AwardAmerican Book Award 2007El Premio Aztlan Literary Award 2006Las Comadres Para Las Americas Book Club Nov/2012One of the Best Adult Books 4 Teens 2012 (School Library Journal)One of the 15 Best Books of 2012 (The Christian Science Monitor)Common Reading ProgramsGodinez Fundamental High School Common Read 20192018 Keker First Year Common Read, UNC GreensboroRochester Reads 2018MacReads 2018, Linfield CollegeOne Book/One Michiana 2018All Henrico Reads 2018Notre Dame Academy Common Reader 2017, KY CityRead Book 2017, Brentwood, CATimberland Reads Together 2017, WA2017 Telluride, CO One Book, One Canyon2017 Estes Park One Book, One Valley2017 Cal Poly Pomona Common Read2017 Northern Kentucky University First Year Experience2017 Avila University First Year Experience2017 Marist College Common Read2017 Cal State University, Monterey Bay Common Reading Experience2016 One Book/One Community, Saginaw, MI2016 Woodland Reads, Woodland, CA2016 Colorado Mountain College Common Reader Selection2016 Camarillo Reads Selection, Camarillo, CA2015 One Book/One Villanova, Villanova University, PA2015 Sandy Springs Reads selection, Sandy Springs, GA2015 Los Angeles City College Book Program Selection, CA2015 Mount San Jacinto College Common Read Selection, CA2015 Read 2 Succeed Selection, Norco College, Norco, CA2015 Roswell Reads Selection, Roswell, GA2015 One Book/One Leyden selection, Leyden High School, IL2014 One Maryland, One Book2014 One Community, One Book selection from the U of Iowa Center for Human Rights2014 Santa Rosa Junior College Reads2014 One Book, One Community-San Juan College2014 Rolling Meadows High School Summer Reading Program2014-15 “Book in Common,” Butte College/Chico State UniversityGrand Valley State University “Common Reading” 2013California State University-Los Angeles “First Year Experience” Selection 2014Goshen College, “First Year Experience” Selection 2014Monroe County’s One Book/One Community 20142007 “One Book/One Region”, Eastern Connecticut2010 On the Same Page (Community Read), City of Watsonville, CARamona Convent Secondary School “One School/One Community” selection 2013-14Owensboro Community Technical College Common Reading Selection 2012Keynotes and Residencies2019 Keynote Speaker, SDSU Dual Language and English Learner Conference2019 Walter W. Stiern Library, Writer in Residence, Cal State University Bakersfield 2019 Keynote Speaker, California Association of Teachers of English (CATE)2019 Keynote Speaker, Deeper Learning Conference, San Diego, CA2019 Keynote Speaker, Dual Language Essentials for Teachers and Administrators Conference, Humble, TXKeynote Speaker, Women of Color Community Empowerment Conference, PCC, OR Keynote at 2019 ERWC Leadership Conference, Sacramento and Costa Mesa, CA2018 Keynote Speaker, 9th Annual Transnational Latino Conference, DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus, IL 2017 Woman of the Year Award Keynote Speaker, CA State Assembly2017 Keynote Speaker, Voice Your Language Conference, San Diego SU 2016 Keynote Speaker, Reclassification Celebration, Santa Maria JUSD2014 Author-in-Residence, Park City High School, UT2012 Author-in-Residence, Pasadena City College, CA2014 Keynote Speaker ~ MATSOL, (Boston, MA)2014 Keynote Speaker, Borders of Diversity Conference, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA2013 Keynote Speaker ~ CATESOL, (San Diego, CA)2013 Keynote Speaker: Puente  Motivational Conference, (San Francisco Riverside, CA)2013 Keynote Speaker: Comadres Compadres Latino Writers Conference, (Brooklyn, NY)2013 Keynote Speaker: Latino Recognition Ceremony, Pasadena City College, (Pasadena, CA)2013 Cerro Visiting Author: Bakersfield College, Delano Campus, (Delano, CA)2013 Keynote Speaker: Goostree Women’s Symposium (Fort Worth, TX)2013 Keynote Speaker: Latina History Day Conference, HOPE (Los Angeles, CA)2013 Featured Speaker: California Association of Bilingual Education, (Long Beach, CA)2012 Keynote Speaker: Texas Association of Bilingual Education (San Antonio, TX)2012 Keynote Speaker: Leonardo Dorantes Lecture Series, Santa Barbara City College2012 Writer-in-Residence: Pasadena City College (Pasadena, CA)2012 Keynote Speaker: Latino Youth Summit (Kearney, Nebraska)2010 Keynote Speaker: CMAA Scholarship Breakfast (Council of Mexican-American Administrators)2010 Keynote Speaker: CABE (California Association of Bilingual Education)2010 Nancy R. Chandler Visiting Scholar: Central Oregon Community College (Bend, OR)2010 Keynote Speaker:  PVUSD 4th Annual Parent Conference (Watsonville, CA)2009 Keynote Speaker : Regional Family Conference, Migrant Education Region XVIII (Santa Maria, CA)2009 Cerro Visiting Author: Bakersfield College (Bakersfield, CA)2009 Keynote Speaker:  Adelante Mujer Latina Youth Conference (Laramie County, WY)2009 Commencement Speaker: CSUDH Dolores Huerta Graduation (Carson, CA)2008 Commencement Speaker: Pasadena City College (Pasadena, CA)2008 Keynote Speaker: SCTE Fall Conference (Southland Council of Teachers of English)2007 Keynote Speaker: Conference of the Living Tree, Ventura, CA2007 Keynote Speaker: ECCTYC Conference (English Council of California Two-Year Colleges)2007 Highlighted author for LEAP (Learn, Experience, Achieve, and Persevere): Butte College (Chico, CA)

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