EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, English Literature, The University of Texas at Austin, expected 2027
Master of Arts in Literature, Creative Writing, and Social Justice, Our Lady of the Lake University, May 2021
Bachelor of Arts in English dual concentration in Creative Writing and Professional Writing, The University of Texas at San Antonio, May 2018
Associate of Arts Lone Star Community College, May 2016
RELEVENT EXPERIENCE
Alabrava Press, Book designer, May 2021-present.
Layout book design and edit copy.
The Thing Itself, Our Lady of the Lake University, Managing Editor, October 2019-May 2021
Helped organize, edit, and design the publication and gave input on submissions.
The Paisano Plus, Independent Student Magazine for the University of Texas at San Antonio, Magazine Editor, May 2017-June 2018
Organized, drafted, designed, edited, and marketed the magazine with the help of an assistant and contributing writers.
The Barker’s Voice: A Journal of Arts and Letters, Lone Star Community College-Cyfair, Student Editor, March 2015-May 2016
Helped read through student submissions and coded the website for release.
PUBLICATIONS
Papers, Reviews, Interviews
Forth coming
“Nepantlera of Blackout Poetry: A Conversation on Art as Healing,” El Mundo Zurdo 8. Expected 2022.
Review of Chicanx Utopias:Pop Culture and the Politics of the Possible by Luis Alvarez. Expected January 2023.
“’Marvel Voices: Communidades’ Spotlights Latinx Heroes Past and Present,” Latinx Spaces, Co-edited, April 2022.
“La Boriquena: The Marisol We Need,” Latinx Spaces, January 2022. https://www.latinxspaces.com/latinx-comics/la-borinquena-the-marisol-we-need
“A ‘Marvel’s Voices: Communidades’ Conversation with Artist Enid Balám,” Marvel.com, Co-edited, December 2021. https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/a-marvel-s-voices-comunidades-conversation-with-artist-enid-balm
“A ‘Marvel’s Voices: Communidades’ Conversation with Writer Terry Blas,” Marvel.com, Co-edited,December 2021. https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/a-marvel-s-voices-comunidades-conversation-with-writer-terry-blas
“A ‘Marvel’s Voices: Communidades’ Conversation with Writer Karla Pacheco,” Marvel.com, Co-edited,November 2021. https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/a-marvel-s-voices-comunidades-conversation-with-writer-karla-pacheco
“A ‘Marvel’s Voices: Communidades’ Conversation with Jorge J. Santos Jr,” Marvel.com, Co-edited,November 2021. https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/a-marvel-s-voices-comunidades-conversation-with-jorge-j-santos-jr
“Terry Blas on Writing for Reptil and Other Projects,” Latinx Spaces, July 2021. https://www.latinxspaces.com/latinx-comics/terry-blas-on-writing-for-reptil-and-other-projects
Creative Pieces
“Drive Down 77,” Boundless: The Anthology of the Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival, 2020, pp.140-141.
Blackout Poem, Faceless Brown Masses: A Blackout Response to Flatiron Books, 2020.
“Rompecabezas: Piecing Together My Borderland Roots,” El Mundo Zurdo 7, 2019, pp.149-152
“Badge” and “We Are Not Crazy,” Latinx Voces en Salud, 2019, Vol. 1
“Nuestro Westside,” La Voz, 2019, Vol. 32, Issue 6, pp. 14
“Shadow’s Torment,” Chiflada Zine, 2018, Vol. 8
“Colores y Cultura,” The Barker’s Voice: A Journal of Arts and Letters, 2017, Issue 7, http://www.lonestarvoice.org/coloresyculturaj/
“20 Years Ago (March 31st),” The Barker’s Voice: A Journal of Arts and Letters, 2016, Issue 6, http://www.lonestarvoice.org/20-years-ago-march-31st-by-jenise/Note: published under Jenise
“Red Nails and Cigarettes” and “It Isn’t Nice to Lie,” Corazon Land Review: A Midwestern Journal of Latino Literature, 2016, Issue 4, Note: published under Jenise
“Patient Z,” The Barker’s Voice: A Journal of Arts and Letters, 2015, Issue 5, http://www.lonestarvoice.org/patientzj/ Note: published under Jenise
CONFERENCES and PRESENTATIONS
Conferences
“Undocunarratives” Popular Culture Association, Virtual, April 2022
“Becoming Lois Taylor,” Popular Culture Association, Virtual, June 2020
“More Than an Echo,” Southwest Popular Culture Association, Virtual, February 2020
“Nepantlera of Blackout Poetry,” El Mundo Zurdo, San Antonio, Texas, November 2019
“A Selection of Poems,” Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers, Houston, Texas, September 2019
“Rompecabezas: Piecing Together My Borderland Roots,” El Mundo Zurdo, San Antonio, Texas, May 2018
Presentations
“The Truth about Comics Panel” BIPOC Book Fest, April 2022
“Representation Matters,” Project M.A.L.E.S, April 2022
Poetry Reading, Our Lady of the Lake University for English 6311, December 2019.
“Nepantla,” Our Lady of the Lake University, Applications of Learning course, San Antonio, Texas, October 2019
EVENTS COORDINATED
BIPOC Pop 2023, The University of Texas, Latinx Pop Lab, expected March 2023
Creative Critical Consortium, Texas A&M, Latinx Pop Lab, expected October 2022
BIPOC Pop 2022, The University of Texas, Latinx Pop Lab, March 2022
Critical Creative Consortium, The University of Texas, Latinx Pop Lab, November 2021
Virtual Lotería with the Library, Sueltenfuss Library, September 2020
“Bearing Witness: An Online Reading”, OLLU Department of English, August 2020
Blackout Poetry Digital Workshop, Personal, April 2020
“Sheros, Heroes & Anit-Heroes: Presentation and Panel Discussion on Popular Culture, Art, Representation and Exhibition”, Sueltenfuss Library, November 2019
Pop-Up Poetry Workshops Latinx Heritage Month, Sueltenfuss Library, October 2019
Blackout Poetry Workshop, Sueltenfuss Library, October 2019
Food for Thought, Center for Teaching Excellence, Spring 2018
New Faulty Academy, Center for Teaching Excellence, Fall 2018-Spring 2019
New Faculty Orientation, Center for Teaching Excellence, Summer 2018
AWARDS and HONORS
Quest Fellow, Our Lady of the Lake University, August 2020