La Borinqueña Panadería

LA BORINQUEÑA PANADERÍA

In La Borinqueña Panadería in el Coto Laurel the workers speak Spanish they have that dry Puerto Rican sense of humor they bake bread daily make these little ham & cheese sandwiches on hot dog bread we call bocadillos mouthfuls

In La Borinqueña they have Puerto Rican pastries Pastelillos Tembleque Flan and the aroma of newly cooked rice and beans and chicken

The people of La Borinqueña Panadería make me feel warm and welcomed just like those in La Rosita on Broadway and 108th street in New York City

The editor of the first Nuyorican Women Writers Anthology published in Voices e-magazine, Hunter College- City University of New York, Nancy Mercado authored: It Concerns the Madness (a poetry collection), Las Tres Hermanas (a children’s coloring book), and edited if the world were mine (a YA anthology). Her critique of the Broadway musical, “Everybody Tells My Westside Story but Me,” appears in Bigotry on Broadway (Baraka Books). Most recently, Nancy Mercado guest edited a special issue of Konch Magazine featuring over 60 writers and artists from across the country. This special issue celebrates the life of Miguel Algarín, the late founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Mercado is the recipient of the American Book Award for Lifetime Achievement presented by the Before Columbus Foundation. She was named one of 200 living individuals who best embody the work and spirit of Frederick Douglass on the occasion of his bicentennial, by The Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives and the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University. For more information, you may visit nancy-mercado.com.