Arte Público Press is thrilled to welcome Liana Lopez as its new Marketing Manager. A longtime advocate for Latino literature and cultural preservation, Liana brings extensive experience connecting authors, readers and educators through literature, media and the arts. Liana is a well-respected voice in the Latino literary community due to her work with Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say for more than 15 years, where she served as Communications Manager and as Producer and Co-host of the organization’s weekly radio program dedicated to Latino literature and culture. She was a principal organizer of the Edward James Olmos Latino Book and Family Festival and co-founded the Librotraficante Caravan, a movement that brought together writers, educators, students and readers across the country in defense of intellectual freedom and access to diverse literature. In addition to her work in literary advocacy, Liana is an accomplished multimedia journalist, photographer and storyteller whose work …
Arte Público Press Announces the Promotion of Alaíde Ventura Medina as Executive Editor
Arte Público Press is pleased to announce the promotion of Alaíde Ventura Medina as our new Executive Editor. A Mexican writer, editor and translator, Alaíde Ventura Medina is the acclaimed author of four award-winning novels. Her work has been recognized with the Mauricio Achar Penguin Random House Prize, the Gran Angular Prize for Young Adult Literature and the SM Barco de Vapor Prize for Children’s Literature. A graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso, the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and Universidad Veracruzana, she earned her Ph.D. in Creative Writing from the University of Houston, where her honors dissertation was directed by Dr. Cristina Rivera Garza. Alaíde has been part of the Arte Público Press team for four years, first serving as a Research Assistant for the Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage program for three years before joining the editorial department as an Editorial Assistant. In …
Liana Lopez
Marketing Manager Liana Lopez oversees Arte Público Press marketing and the promotion of books, authors and programs. Contact Liana at: lllopez@Central.UH.EDU
