Helena Maria Viramontes!

Students, faculty, and members of the CSULB community packed the University Theatre the evening of March 12th to hear Helena Maria Viramontes bring to life characters from her novels. Visiting Latina author; signed books, took pictures with students and fans, and gave a special writing workshop to selected students. The event was put together by the Chicano Latino Studies Department and English Department with support from other departments, and sponsorship from the CSULB community. Throughout the day Viramontes connected with students in the writing workshop, at a reception held in the Anatol center where fan’s books were signed with personal messages, and at the presentation. Viramontes captured our writers’ hearts that longed for motivating words to keep us writing and sharing our stories. We thank everyone who contributed their efforts to put this event together. As students we are always excited to meet the writers we read in our classes and honored to reach them at a personal level. Thank you Helena Maria Viramontes for joining us, we hope to see you again!