Watch a reading from Count, Valerie's new book, and conversation with Rigoberto Gonzalez, Puerto del Sol Series editor at the University of Arizona Press:  https://tinyurl.com/53sftv4c

Watch a recent reading by Valerie and her fellow Santa Fe Poets Laureate for WORDS on the Edge, a collection of twenty-six poems and lyrical texts which address themes of nature and its irresponsible destruction:  https://youtu.be/zOjXVfVuAB4

In early March, Valerie will be the spring 2022 Boudreaux Poet at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee giving a reading and craft talk about her book Count

Catch Valerie at the 2022 Tucson Festival of Books, March 12-13 for a reading ("Our Climate Counts") and panel discussion ("Our Search for Identity"). Learn more:: https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/

Valerie will speak on a panel at the 2022 Associated Writing Programs Conference in Philly:  "Ni una mas/Not One More: Femicide and the Politics of Representation." Learn more: https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/