[Coehd] Fwd: It's Public STATE POET LAUREATE

Congratulations to Carmen Tafolla! Tomorrow, she will be proclaimed as the Texas Poet Laureate; Tafolla is the first Mexican American/Spanish surname poet laureate, since award was first bestowed 83 years ago by the Texas legislature. 10 am in the House and 11:00 in the Senate. Belinda Bustos Flores, Ph.D. Chair & Professor University of Texas at San Antonio Bicultural-Bilingual Studies Academy for Teacher Excellence Principal Investigator One UTSA Circle San Antonio, TX 78249 210-458-4426 (office) 210-458-5962 (fax) Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: Carmen Tafolla <carmentafolla@yahoo.com<mailto:carmentafolla@yahoo.com>> Date: May 6, 2015 at 2:53:53 PM CDT To: Bryce Milligan <milligan@wingspress.com<mailto:milligan@wingspress.com>>, Thelma Muraida <tmuraida@satx.rr.com<mailto:tmuraida@satx.rr.com>>, Belinda Flores <belinda.flores@utsa.edu<mailto:belinda.flores@utsa.edu>>, Betty Merchant <betty.merchant@utsa.edu<mailto:betty.merchant@utsa.edu>> Subject: It's Public Reply-To: Carmen Tafolla <carmentafolla@yahoo.com<mailto:carmentafolla@yahoo.com>> See attached press release from TCA. Exhale! Will send the proposed 20 Schools project plans on Friday when I get back... Carmen Tafolla, Ph.D. Poet Laureate 2012-2014, City of San Antonio Author, The Holy Tortilla and a Pot of Beans (Wings Press) Author, What Can you Do with a Paleta? (Random House) www.carmentafolla.com<http://www.carmentafolla.com> ****Thought IS energy****