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Elena is also a founding member of Sowing the Seeds. She is
the author of Suffer Smoke and Water from the Moon and coediter with
Rosi Andrade, Sowing the Seeds, una
cosecha de recuerdos. Elena writes poetry, memoir, plays, and short
stories.
Elena is also an
artist, specializing in clay sculpture, painting, and making mini-books. She
enjoys teaching workshops in writing, pottery, bookmaking, and drum making.
Elena is a member of the Arizona Humanities Council Speakers Bureau and does
presentations about her hometown Morenci, Arizona. She also does a Chautauqua
living history presentation as Teresita Urrea, a curandera from the 1900’s.
A SIROW Scholar, Elena
has maintained her interest in historical research by completing two projects
sponsored by SIROW. In the Shadow of the
Smokestack, is an oral history of Mexican Americans living in Morenci
during the Depression and World War II. Tubac
1880’s Schoolhouse is a collection of lesson plans for teachers who take
their students to the schoolhouse. Both projects are online on her website.
She is married to Kurt
and they have three children, six grandchildren, and their dog Tito. |
