Denise Chávez is a novelist, short story writer, playwright, actress and teacher, but considers herself a Performance Writer. She is currently finishing a novel, The King and Queen of Comezón, as well as a children’s book, My Mother is A Maid. Chávez is the Director of the Border Book Festival and the Cultural Center de Mesilla, an arts resource center, literary, storytelling, workshop and performance venue and serves as the home of the annual Border Book Festival (www.borderbookfestival.com). Denise is the author of Face of an Angel, The Last of the Menu Girls, and Loving Pedro Infante.

Corina Gabaldón is a singer/songwriter/visual artist from Las Cruces, New Mexico. She has performed her original music as a solo, duet and full band throughout Southern New Mexico and West Texas. Gabaldón has recorded a solo compilation of original songs, Visions Through the Rainclouds and is one of the founders and members of the group Sitarra. Corina’s original artwork, Ancient Wisdom, graces the CD cover.

Nancy Lorenza Green is an Afro-Chicana performance and recording artist from El Paso, Texas who uses poetry, percussion instruments and flute music as mediums of communication and cultural expression. Nancy has recorded three CDs: Music From the Heart, Life Is Sacred, and a Tumblewords poetry compilation. Nancy is currently a member of Expresión Creativa, an artist collective that delivers art workshops in schools, community centers and libraries with funding from MCAD’s Community Arts Program. You may listen to Nancy here on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38BDPX8vyos

Kristina Wroblewski is a lyricist/keyboardist from Las Cruces, New Mexico. Her musical resume includes a performance for a movie premiere, a documentary sound track, the Border Book Festival, plays, art exhibits, coffee houses, radio programs, benefits and traveling bilingual song and storytelling programs.

Ricardo Valencia, sound editor, engineer and musician, was born in Mexico City and studied Music Theory and Classical Guitar at the Universidad Autónoma de Música. He produced and recorded with the band ‘Raza Antigua’ in Geneva, Switzerland where he studied Flamenco with Sidharus Ghali. Valencia has also toured as accompanying guitarist with artists like Eduardo Capetillo, Zarabanda, Ricky Luis, Leo Dan, and many others. Studio Azul is the digital recording studio managed by Valencia. Located in El Paso, Valencia has won national prizes for productions like ‘Walking the Choctaw Way ’ by the Nation Librarians Association.