The Story Not Told With Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

News, Society & Culture, Politics, Documentary

4.8 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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After working for 20 years as a school teacher and then as a librarian in the Bronx, New York, Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa decided that she no longer wanted to assign readings and sort books, she wanted to write them. On this episode of Latino USA, Dahlma takes us on her journey from teacher and librarian to novelist.

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