Carmen Tafolla
Carmen Tafolla was born in San Antonio, Texas, United States on July 29th, 1951 and is the Poet. At the age of 72, Carmen Tafolla biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Carmen Tafolla (born 29 July 1951) is an internationally acclaimed Chicana writer from San Antonio, Texas, and a Professor Emerita of Bicultural Bilingual Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Tafolla served as the poet laureate of San Antonio from 2012 to 2014, and was named the Poet Laureate of Texas for 2015-16.
Tafolla has written more than thirty books, and won multiple literary awards.
She is one of the most highly anthologized Chicana authors in the United States, with her work appearing in more than 300 anthologies.
Academic career
Tafolla served as the Director of the Mexican-American Studies Center at Texas Lutheran College, Seguin, from 1973 to 1976, and 1979 to 1979. She has worked at California State University, Fresno, as Senior Assistant to the President for Cultural Diversity Programming, has taught at many universities throughout the Southwest and is now Professor Emerita of Bicultural Bilingual Studies at the University of Texas.