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Embrace Your Own Executive (Dys)function
& Put Your Own Oxygen Mask on First

Learn key areas where prioritizing self-care and managing your own executive (dys)function is essential. Gain insights and tools to navigate the complexities of neurodiverse family life with greater resilience and confidence.

A bonus recording by Li Yun Alvarado featured in the:
Supernova Parenting Summit
October 12-13, 2024
Fully Virtual 2-Day Simmit
Targeted Support for Neurodivergent Families.
Early bird tickets on sale through September 12th!
Learn More & Purchase Tickets
Picture of Li Yun as part of a flyer for Supernova Parenting Conference: Embrace Your Own Executive (Dys)function & Put Your Own Oxygen Mask on First Learn key areas where prioritizing self-care and managing your own executive (dys)function is essential. Gain insights and tools to navigate the complexities of neurodiverse family life with greater resilience and confidence.  A bonus recording by Li Yun Alvarado featured in the: Supernova Parenting Summit October 12-13, 2024 Fully Virtual 2-Day Simmit Targeted Support for Neurodivergent Families.
Flyer for Supernova Parenting Summit with featured speakers. Oct 12-13, 2024

Long Beach Public Library's
Mercadito Literario


Authors and Poets for Adults
Moderator: Li Yun Alvarado, PhD
Featuring: Rafael Agustín, Melissa Coss Aquino, and Myriam Gurba

Saturday, October 7, 2023 @ 12-4pm
Billie Jean King Main Library
200 W. Broadway
Long Beach, CA 
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Yen and Dung Tran
Distinguished Author Series


Featuring:
Lee Herrick, CA State Poet Laureate
Li Yun Alvarado, PhD
Rachelle Crux, MFA

Friday, October 6, 2023 @ 10:30am
Renaissance HS for the Arts Theater
235 E. 8th Street
Long Beach, CA
Poster for Yen and Dung Tran Distinguished Author Series, including photos of poets Lee Herrick, Li Yun Alvarado, and Rachelle Cruz

PR and Business for Latina Writers:
How to Get Your Work Noticed

Li Yun Alvarado & Ena Coleman

Latina Writer's Conference
Sunday, August 6th, 2023 @ 4pm 
Plaza de la Raza
3540 North Mission Road
Los Angeles, CA 90031

(You can join in remotely on Zoom using meeting ID: 851 3792 4287)
Flyer for Roundtable at the Latina Writers Conference: PR and Business for Latina Writers: How to Get Your Work Noticed Li Yun Alvarado & Ena Coleman

Poet Li Yun Alvarado Talks the Benefits of Deadlines, Knowing the Business, and Amplifying Others
Interview with Gaia Zine editor Isabel Tiburcio
March 16, 2022

Despierta Boricua at Yale presents

​Celebrating Julia de Burgos:
Past and Present in Conversation

Dr. Mayra Santos-Febres

Dr. Li Yun Alvarado, moderator


Wednesday, February 17th, 2021
4:00 - 5:15pm EST
Celebrating Julia de Burgos Flyer with image of Mayra Santos-Febres and Li Yun Alvarado

150 Years of Women at Yale
Saturday, September 26, 2020 

10:30am PST / 1:30pm EST

I helped celebrate Women at Yale by
 reading excerpts from my poem “Momentos de María.”
I dedicate this poem to the the 3,000+ families who lost loved ones in Puerto Rico because of the Hurricanes three years ago.

Gold Line Press, Ricochet Editions, and Long Beach Literary Arts Center Present:

Place, Body and Memory
2x2 Reading and Q&A


Sunday, July 26, 2020
3-4pm PST / 6-7pm EST
Register on Zoom here


Host: Dana Johnson
Featuring: Li Yun Alvarado, Caitlin Scarano, Dennis James Sweeney, and Douglas Manuel.​
Flyer for the 2x2 reading on July 26, 2020

The Muse & The Marketplace 
“You Need a Website! A Practical Guide to the What, Why, and How of Building (or Strategically Updating) Your Author Website
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​Saturday, April 6, 2019
1:00 - 2:30pm
Boston, MA

Read more about my plans for The Muse & The Marketplace and download a copy of your free worksheet "Conferencing with Intention" here.

AWP

March 28-30, 2019
Portland, OR

I’ll be at AWP signing copies of Words or Water at the Finishing Line Press table on:
  • Thursday, March 28th at 11:00 - 11:30
  • Friday, March 29 from 3:00 - 3:30

Read more about my plans for AWP and download a copy of your free worksheet "Conferencing with Intention" here.

Women Who Submit
“You Need a Website! A Practical Guide to the What, Why, and How of Building (or Strategically Updating) Your Author Website”
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Saturday, February 9, 2019
10:00 - 11:00 AM
(followed by break out groups and submission party)

Los Angeles, CA

Latina Writers Conference
Panel Presentation: Writing & Caretaking / Parenting
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Saturday, September 8, 2018
3:30 - 4:20pm
Plaza de La Raza
3540 N. Mission Road
​Los Angeles, CA 90031

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Honoring the Nuyorican

Hosted by Luivette Resto
Featuring: Li Yun Alvarado, Yago S. Cura, Joshua Evans, Reynaldo Antonio Macías, Hector Luis Rivera Ortiz, and harold terezón
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Saturday, March 10, 2018
7:00 - 9:00 pm
Beyond Baroque
681 Venice Blvd
Venice, CA 90291


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photo credit Reynaldo Macías

The Big heART Show
Rose Park Neighborhood Association

Friday, February 9, 2018
7:00 - 9:00pm
Hobo Janes
3414 E 7th Street, 
Long Beach, CA 90804
Free & Open to the Public


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Words or Water
Book Party!


Saturday, June 3, 2017
2:00pm - 5:00pm
WE Labs
235 E Broadway 8th Floor
Long Beach, CA 90802

Free & Open to the Public 
Facebook Event Page
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Hitched Reading Series Featuring:
Li Yun Alvarado & Cassandra Lane Rich
Karineh Mahdessian & Sophia Rivera


Saturday, June 18, 2016
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Holy Grounds Coffee & Tea
5371 Alhambra Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90032

The June HITCHED will feaure two fantastic pairings! First, we have cofounders of Las Lunas Locas, a feminist writing and healing circle, Sophia Rivera and Karineh Mahdessian, and then members of the AROHO writers, Cassandra Lane Rich and Li Yun Alvarado.

HITCHED is a quarterly reading series that features writer couplings as a way of celebrating the relationships we build as writers that are integral to our success and the successes of those around us.

I hope you can join us!
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Anthology Launch Party & Reading: ​
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​Coiled Serpent: Poets Arising from the Cultural Quakes and Shakes of Los Angeles

Saturday, June 11, 2016
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Gatsby Books

5535 East Spring Street
Long Beach, CA




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