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Nothing happens in the  real world unless it first happens in the images in our heads. </b> Gloria Anzaldúa</i><br /><br /> <br /><i><b> Tramps like us, baby we were born to run. </b> Bruce Springsteen <br /><br /></i> <p>Am emerging voice that has been around forever, I recently completed my MFA in Creative Writing, placing writing front and center en mi corazón, cuddled up next to my queridos cuates de casi doce años, Gina y Teotli. They are my inspiration for delving into the amazing and intimate path of writing, an art form that dazzles me and keeps me pecking away with at least seven fingers on my Mac and waking up to scribble nighttime awakenings in my Wonder Woman journal.<p> Two of my personal essays have been published and many rejected, a cycle of love and trauma every artist recognizes well. I write because it is the core of my being, a key channel through which I can fulfill my life s purpose, to inspire people of color to embark on a journey of love and healing for this and future generations. <p>My current focus is a memoir I began in different forms about ten years ago, titled <u>Latina Enough</u>. I am deep into this relationship and am revising it until it shines and is ready for you, my readers. Some of you have glimpsed the story through my essay,  <a href = "Isabel's_final_chapter_excerpt.html">Isabel s Final Chapter</a> which was published in August, 2005 in <u><a href = "http://www.latinosoul.com/dotnetnuke">Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul</a></u>. <p>Ese ensayo, titulado "El Último Capítulo de Isabel", estará publicado en español entre un año en un libro que se llamará <u>Iluminando El Camino: Cuentos De Vida y Esperanza</u>. <p>My writing group has sponsored two fundraisers for <u><a href = "http://www.mujeresunidas.net">Mujeres Unidas y Activas</a></u>. The one on January 28, 2007 featured my public MFA graduate reading. The piece, entitled  <u><a href = "graduate_reading_excerpt.html">Coming Home</a></u> was from my memoir in progress. Enjoy my words. May they inspire you! <hr> <br /> <a href = "Isabel's_final_chapter_excerpt.html">Isabel's Final Chapter</a> <br /><a href = "graduate_reading_excerpt.html">Public MFA Graduate reading: Coming Home <br /> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> <hr> <center> <a href = "index.html">Home</a>|<a href = "writer.html">Writer</a>|<a href = "coach.html">Coach</a>|<a href = "http://blog.lindagonzalez.net/">Blog</a>|<a href = "contact.html">Contact</a>|<a href = "artwork.html">Artwork</a> </center> <!-- End ImageReady Slices --> </body> </html>