With young fans at the Arte Público Press Open House in Houston
At the Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros event in Phoenix, Arizona
With authors David Bowles and Xavier Garza
With authors Lindsay Cummings and Joy Preble at the McAllen Book Festival
With authors David Rice, David Bowles, and Sarah Cortez
At Russell Elementary School in Brownsville
At Zaragoza Elementary School in Dallas
At the McAllen Book Festival
With a few friends At the Dallas Public Library At Robert T. Hill Middle School in Dallas Delivering the keynote address at the Sanibel Leadership Conference in Clearwater Beach, Florida
TeenBook Con in Houston
Book signing at Barnes & Noble
At Barnes & Noble
Serving on a panel with authors Nicola Yoon, Amy Zhang, Amber Smith, and E.K. Johnston at TeenBook Con in Houston
Delivering the keynote address at the Duval County Public Schools Literacy Expo in Jacksonville, Florida
On the cover of Mercado Bilingüe
At the National Council of Teachers of English Conference in ChicagoWith authors Gwendolyn Zepeda and Jose Aranda at the Arte Público Press Open House in HoustonSigning books in Chicago with Sergio Troncoso
At Barnes & Noble
At the Texas Book Festival in AustinAt TeenBook Con in Houston, TexasDelivering the keynote address at the Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros event in PhoenixWith authors Rene Saldaña Jr. and Guadalupe Garcia McCall at the Texas Library Association Conference in Ft. Worth, Texas
With authors Xavier Garza, Lupe Ruiz Flores, Rene Saldaña Jr., Carolyn Dee Flores, and Diane Gonzales Bertrand
Speaking to fourth and fifth graders at Zaragoza Elementary School in DallasAt the McAllen Book Festival
A Meat & Potatoes Approach to Teaching Writing 
