Jasminne Mendez | |
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Occupation | Poet, short story writer, author |
Language | English, Spanish |
Alma mater | University of Houston |
Notable works | Night Blooming Jasmin(n)e: Personal Essays and Poems (2019), Island of Dreams (2013) |
Notable awards | Best Young Adult Latino Focused Book |
Website | |
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Jasminne Mendez is an Afro-Latino American author, poet, playwright, performer and educator.[1][2] She is a co-founder and the program director for Tintero Projects.[3] She is co-host on the poetry and writing podcast series, InkWell, a collaboration between Tintero Projects and Inprint Houston.[4] Mendez is a CantoMundo Fellow, a Kenyon Review Writer's Workshop Peter Taylor Fellow and a Macondo and Voices of our Nations Arts Foundation (VONA) alumni.[5]