Verónica Reyes

Verónica Reyes (she/her) is the author of Chopper! Chopper! Poetry from Borderlands (Arktoi Books/Red Hen Press 2013). Her 15-page poem, "Blue Río Tapestries," appears in Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Art, Vision, Weaving (Duke University Press 2022). Her poetry shares the lived experiences of her communities: Mexican American, brown queers, immigrants, Latinx, y la jotería; her creative work contributes to the growing narrative of Chicana/o/x literature. Verónica (aka Ronnie) is the Chicana feminist marimacha daughter of immigrant parents: María Julia Socorro Hernández Reyes and Natividad A. Reyes. Ronnie is number 7 out of 8 siblings (4 sisters + 3 brothers). In East Los Angeles, she attended Hammel Street School (1981), Belvedere Jr. High School (1984), and Garfield High School (1987). As a first-generation student, Reyes earned her BA from California State University, Long Beach (1995) and MFA from University of Texas at El Paso (2000). As an adjunct professor, she taught at El Paso Community College (Rio Grande & Valle Verde campuses) and Humber College (Toronto). Finally, Reyes is faculty in the Department of English at Cal State LA.