Dejame que te cuente…: Historias de inmigrantes hispanos

Description

“Déjame que te cuente…” is a collection of stories by Hispanic professionals who narrate their experiences as immigrants in the USA. The stories serve as testimony of their hard work and persistence against the obstacles and difficulties they have faced in a land different from the one where they were born. The collection includes personal reflections, short stories and poems.

About the Author:
Ana Maria Gonzalez, Alicia Migliarini, Conny Palacios, Amalia Gensman, Maria Dolores Torron-Gomez, Antonio Gragera, Maria Barrera Sheldon, Jose Lobo Fontalvo Marinelly Castillo Zuniga, Lillian Taylor, Lourdes Sabe Colom, Maria Hardy-Webb, Jorge Lizarraga, Alma Alfaro, Johanny Vazquez Paz, Jose Ortega, Clementina Adams, Rita Tejada, Nelda Arroyo, Andrea Hansis-Diarte, Gloria Contreras Ham, Lydia Rodriguez, Beatriz Alem de Walker, Maria del Carmen Garcia, Maria Jose Goñi Iza, Marisol Rodriguez de Lort, Ana Lucrecia Maradiaga, Marco Tulio Cedillo, Teresita Ronquillo, Edgar Cota Torres, Regina Faunes, Gloria Prieto Puentes, Jose Salvador Ruiz Mendez, Margarita E. Pignataro, Juana Cortez Bilbao, Mayela Vallejos-Ramirez, Esther Villarino Kahn, Myriam Villalobos, Cecilia Vazquez, Maria Marsh, Blanca Glisson, Diva Cuellar, Gabriel Trujillo Muñoz, Rosario Montelongo de Swanson, Paulina Ceja, Alberto Julian Perez, Francisco Martinez, Aida Cragnolino, Ana Patricia Chmielewski, Nadine Patton, Judith Abella Efde, Bernardo Torres, Wilfredo Hernandez, Jaquelin Fematt Dutson

Ana Maria Gonzalez was born in Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico. She completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Spanish Language and Literature in 1991. From 1992 to 1994 she worked as a Spanish Professor at UNAM Campus Taxco. In 2012, she received her doctoral degree from UMass - Amherst. Dr. Gonzalez worked as Visiting Professor at the University of Dallas and since 2003 she works at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, Texas. She is a member of several committees and organizations dedicated to preserve the history of Hispanics in the area. Dr. Gonzalez likes photography, poetry, and traveling; she has traveled extensively in Latin America. Europe, and some parts of Asia. She often participates at international language and literature conferences. Her publications include "Oquedad" (2010), and annotated edition of the epic poem "La Cristiada" by Diego de Hojeda (2011), Salome Ureña de Henriquez’s first collection of poems from 1880; the anthology "Déjame que te cuente..." (2012, 2013, 2014), "Seguin Stories - Sam Flores" (2012) and Seguin Stories (2015).