Guest Writers Series: Olga García Echeverría

Thursday, April 16, 11 a.m. -12 p.m., Room L238 in the Library/Learning Resource Center.

SWC Guest Writers Series Presents:
Olga García Echeverría

Olga García Echeverría was born and raised in East Los Angeles, California. She has a BA in Ethnic Studies from the University of California at Santa Cruz and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Texas at El Paso.

For the past twelve years, she has worked with a wide variety of students, teaching Composition, Literature, Creative Writing, History, and Civics. Currently, she works for the Upward Bound Program at Los Angeles City College, where she teaches English and Composition to high school students living in the South Los Angeles region.

Her first book, Falling Angels: Cuentos y Poemas, was published by Calaca Press and Chibcha Press in September of 2008. A copy of her book is currently on order for the Library.

This event is sponsored and supported by SWC’s Foundation and the School of Language and Literature. The Guest Writers Series invites authors whose work involves universal themes and multicultural contexts. Live literature enriches audiences by offering new ways to view everyday experiences. Faculty, staff, and students will gain an opportunity to think critically about the world around them through the myriad perspectives offered by the guest writers and their work.