After the Latina Author Roundtable on July 12, I felt honored and inspired.

Honored to be a member of a community of such talented, like-minded authors who share similar goals as writers. A major takeaway was this: “If we don’t write our stories, who will write them for us?” It’s true. We as minorities must write and share our own voices and stories with the world. It’s so important.

Inspired because the discussion was amazing. To hear these other authors speak about why they write and how powerful we are as Latina authors was mind-blowing.

We had all written works in a variety of literary genres. We discussed how representation of Latinx characters in all genres is so critical for the future generations. We have a responsibility to our community and I intend to keep up my end of that bargain in my future works.

I’m looking forward to keeping in touch with the authors who participated and seeking out more opportunities to share my work with others.

From the Latina Author Roundtable

Conversation between me and author Christina Montoya via Instagram Live.