Tafolla biography
Tafolla biography
Carmen Tafolla.
Carmen Tafolla
American writer (born 1951)
Carmen Tafolla (born July 29, 1951)[1] is an internationally acclaimed[2]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.[3] 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.[1][2][3]
Early life and education
Tafolla was born in San Antonio, Texas, on July 29, 1951.
She graduated from Austin College with a bachelor's degree in Spanish and French in 1972, and earned a master's degree in education from Austin College the following year. She pursued further graduate work at the University of Texas at Aust