Autor/-in: Adela Najarro

Adela Najarro. is a poet with social consciousness who teaches at Cabrillo College. She serves on the board of directors for Círculo de poetas & Writers and works with the Latine/x community nationwide, promoting the intersection of creative writing and social justice. She is the author of four poetry collections: Split Geography, Twice Told Over. My Childrens, and Volcanic Interruptions. , a chapbook that includes Janet Trenchard's artwork. Her extended family left Nicaragua and arrived in San Francisco during the 1940s; after the fall of the Somoza regime, the last of the family settled in the Los Angeles area. The California Arts Council recognized her as an established artist for the Central California Region and, in 2023, appointed her as an individual Artist Fellow.