El Centro, Spring 2022
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT Erika Sánchez
Erika L. Sánchez is the daughter of Mexican immigrants. Erika is the creative writing editor for Diálogo, a poet, essayist, and fiction writer, and the author of the young adult novelI Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, a 2017 finalist for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature and instant New York Times Best-Seller; and the poetry collection, Lessons on Expulsion, a finalist for the PEN America Open Book Award. Her novel IANYPMD will be made into a Netflix feature film directed by America Ferrera. INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY AMANDA MATTHEWS
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