Priscilla Celina Suarez

Priscilla Celina Suárez is the 2015-17 McAllen Poet Laureate and has been a recipient of the Mexicasa Writing Fellowship. A Rio Grande Valley native, her poetry is a hybrid of rancheras, polkas, pop, rock, and musica internacional. A past contributor to the American Library Association’s YALS magazine, she has also authored the Texas State Library’s Bilingual Programs Chapter – allowing her an opportunity to gain experience in writing poetry, rhymes, and tongue twisters for children and teens. She lives in McAllen, TX and has been published in several anthologies.