Crystal Reyes
Educator
Writer
Creator
Published Pieces
Tinder Dates Make For the best Hangovers
Wildflower Blooming
To grow in craft is to increase the breath of what I can, but art is the depth, the passion, the desire, the courage to be myself and myself alone.
Pat Schneider,
WRITING ALONE & WITH OTHERS
I have heard all of the stories about girls like me, and I am unafraid to make more of them
Carmen Maria Machado,
HER BODY & OTHER PARTIES
'Hispanic' is English for a person of Latino origin who wants to be accepted by the white status quo.
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'Latino' is the word we have always used for ourselves.
Sandra Cisneros
Bio
Crystal Reyes (she/ella) is a Chicanx memorist & poet native to Houston and works as an educator. She is a graduate candidate at Bay Path University, working on her MFA in Nonfiction Writing. Additionally, she is an alumni and TA with Community Literature Initiative, a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching BIPOC writers how to write/publish poetry. Her works have been featured in Entre Magazine, Love What Matters & other literary magazines. Crystal can be found at your local bookstore or neighborhood coffee shop, sporting a red lippie. You can follow her work at @Crisreyeswrites
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Crystal (Cris, Crys) is a trained AWA affiliate & hosts various workshops with differentiating themes using the AWA Method.
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She spends her off-time raising her children, traveling the world, and advocating or volunteering for the LGBTQ+ community.