IRIS GOMEZ is an award-winning writer and nationally-recognized expert on the rights of immigrants in the United State. She is also the author of two poetry collections — “Housicwhissick Blue” (Edwin Mellen Press, 2003) and “When Comets Rained” (CustomWords, 2004). Both of which have earned a prestigious national poetry prize from the University of California. Her work is widely published in a variety of literary and other periodicals.
As a respected public interest immigration lawyer and law school lecturer, she has represented civil rights groups and individuals in high impact cases and won professional awards for her accomplishments — including a “Las Primeras” award for Latina trailblazers in Massachusetts.
She is frequently called upon to write and speak on immigrated-related topics and has appeared in the media, including on the nationally televised CRISTINA show and Boston’s celebrated bilingual late-night radio program ¡Con Salsa!
Gomez an immigrant from Cartagena, Columbia, spent her formative years in Miami, Florida and has also lived in New York City, Michigan, and throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Join YSL this Saturday and take a moment to say hello to author and immigrations rights expert Iris Gomez.
That’s Saturday, April 30th
12 - 1 PM on the BIG810 AM WEUS
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