Latina StoryBook With Alisa Valdes

What the OPPENHEIMER film left out: Loyda Martinez shares her incredible story of holding Los Alamos National Laboratory accountable for mistreatment of Hispanos and others.

We set the record straight about the Hispano and Native American people displaced by and experimented upon by J. Robert Oppenheimer's Manhattan Project.

Being a writer is great. I wouldn't want to do anything else, other than maybe be a game warden if I were younger and could start all over again. But even then, I'd be a game warden and a writer. That said, there have been some not-so-great moments in my 25-year career. I've narrowed them down to the top 5, for your enjoyment.

An acquaintance of mine recently posted that she's having a birthday party because she's not afraid of the coronavirus. Here's what I had to see about it.

The Temptation of Demetrio Vigil Chapter 6

The Temptation of Demetrio Vigil Chapter 5

The Temptation of Demetrio Vigil Chapter 4

The Temptation of Demetrio Vigil Chapter 3

A reading from the critically acclaimed YA novel by Alisa Valdes

Author Alisa Valdes reads from her critically acclaimed young adukt novel.