The one thing that always sticks out to me was how reading to young people - even if they're not that young, even if they're too cool for school, middle schoolers - what a profound act of love it is.
I particularly love where I work because I was born, raised, and still live in the Bronx. I work in a Bronx location, so it's very fulfilling to me t… - Sofia Quintero
I particularly love where I work because I was born, raised, and still live in the Bronx. I work in a Bronx location, so it's very fulfilling to me t…
- Sofia Quintero
The one thing that always sticks out to me was how reading to young people - even if they're not that young, even if they're too cool for school, mid… - Sofia Quintero
The one thing that always sticks out to me was how reading to young people - even if they're not that young, even if they're too cool for school, mid…
There's just something about being a young, working class, working poor, person of color in New York City in the 80's that needs to be understood by … - Sofia Quintero
There's just something about being a young, working class, working poor, person of color in New York City in the 80's that needs to be understood by …
We work with tweens. Middle school grades. That's a key time in a young person's literary history. That's the time when they're still open to reading… - Sofia Quintero
We work with tweens. Middle school grades. That's a key time in a young person's literary history. That's the time when they're still open to reading…
Not only did we survive AIDS, Reaganomics, poverty, racism, gang violence, police brutality, substance abuse - not only did we survive that, we creat… - Sofia Quintero
Not only did we survive AIDS, Reaganomics, poverty, racism, gang violence, police brutality, substance abuse - not only did we survive that, we creat…
When I say myself, I don't mean just as a woman of color, as a girl who's growing up in the Bronx, as people growing up in some way economically-chal… - Sofia Quintero
When I say myself, I don't mean just as a woman of color, as a girl who's growing up in the Bronx, as people growing up in some way economically-chal…
Sure, kids want to read whatever is the hot book, and of course they want to read fantasy and any kind of speculative fiction, but they also like to … - Sofia Quintero
Sure, kids want to read whatever is the hot book, and of course they want to read fantasy and any kind of speculative fiction, but they also like to …
A lot of times, people say that people read to escape. But I think if you come from any community that is underrepresented, in any kind of media, whe… - Sofia Quintero
A lot of times, people say that people read to escape. But I think if you come from any community that is underrepresented, in any kind of media, whe…
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