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Karla Cordero is a descendant of the Chichimeca peoples of northern Mexico, a Chicana poet, educator and author of the poetry collection, How To Pull Apart The Earth (Not A Cult.) a 2019 San Diego Book Award winner and awarding-winning finalist for the International Latino Book Award and the International Book Award. Her work has appeared on NPR, Academy of American Poets, O-Oprah Magazine, Split This Rock, PANK, The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 4 LatiNext Anthology, among other publications. Karla is a recipient of the 2021 California Arts Fellowship, in addition, she is a Macondo, VONA, CantoMundo, Tin House, Pink Door Writing Retreat, Community of Writers Fellow. Karla is the Executive Director for the non-program Glassless Minds and a professor in composition and creative writing at MiraCosta College and San Diego City College. Follow her @karlaflaka13
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