Alberto O. Cappas

295 Maryland Street

Buffalo, NY 14201

Phone:

6462482302

E-mail:

cappas@aol.com

Website:

buffalolatinovillage.com

Author's Bio

My work is a reflection of my growth and journey in the United States, growing up Puerto Rican, non-English speaker, transformed into an Americanized and productive citizen of this capitalist system, developing values and standards as weapons to defeat ignorance in this society.

Publications and Prizes

Prizes Won:

Educator's Award; Hispanic Cultural Award, Langton Hughs Award, Buffalo Schools, and NYC HRA.

Personal Favorites

What I'm Reading Now:

She's Not My Mother-in-Law, She's My Husband's Mother by Rebecca Miller Pringle

Hey Yo! Yo Soy! by Jesus Papoleto Melendez

New York Christmas Tales by Manuel A. Melendez

Puerto Rico City, A Novel by David R. Martin

Cracking The Code of Modern Manhood: Man Up by Carlos Andres Gomez

Favorite Books:

Snaps, by Victor Hernandez-Cruz

Favorite Authors:

Pedro Pietri and Victor Hernandez-Cruz

Reviews, Recordings, and Interviews

The Educational Pledge

Buffalo Latino Village

More Information

Listed as:

Poet

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Other

Prefers to work with:

At Risk Youth

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Yauco

Raised in:

New York City, NY

work_excerpt:

"I pledge to gain a better understanding of who I am by understanding my cultural roots, to fully accept who I am as a spiritual and human being -- a rainbow of many cultures and colors."

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Last updated: Feb 15, 2019