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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!
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 
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
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)
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
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.​
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
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
Picture
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
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 
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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!
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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