Podcast appearances and mentions of aurora anaya cerda

The "Old Escuela, New Escuela" episode, where poet/performance artist/community arts activist and educator Maria Aponte and I tawk about following your passion, the importance of knowing your history...and how art saves lives. With tunes from #BarbaraAckin, #FiveForFighting, #McFaddenandWhitehead and #IsraelKamakwiwoole, plus shoutouts to Robin Bady, Bridget Bartolini and Aurora Anaya-Cerda! #artistsofcolor #artistsIknow #womenartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists #2017 #whywemakeart #whywematter #MariaAponte #TransistionsofaNuyoricanCinderella #TheGiftofLoss #storytelling #radiofreebrooklyn #fishoutofagua #MicheleCarlo

Aurora Anaya-Cerda shows us how quitting can be an intentional part of success. As the owner of La Casa Azul Bookstore, she worked in New York City’s Spanish Harlem and built a dedicated community around the bookstore. After years of operating successfully, she realized her business plan needed to be revisited if she wanted to serve her customers and community in the most effective way. Anaya-Cerda shares how some advice from her mom propelled her dreams, why quitting doesn’t have to be a bad thing and the agency that comes from taking time for yourself. Keep listening for our conversation and listen in every other Tuesday for new episodes of #CreatingEspacios.

Jenn & Bev talk with La Casa Azul Bookstore owner & manager Aurora Anaya Cerda about the background for La Casa Azul and why it continues to thrive in terms of educating those within (and outside of) the East Harlem community on Latino culture in addition to promoting artists of color. Also discussed is the importance of publishers and authors to recognize and reach out to booksellers, no matter the demographic.

Aurora-Anaya Cerda describes her challenges while opening the Casa Azul Bookstore in El Barrrio; Carmen Boullosa interviews the Mexican writer Álvaro Enrigue; The exhibition about Mexican muralist Diego Rivera at the MoMA.