On September 30th, with funding by GEAR UP, Pueblo High School was fortunate to have Stella Pope Duarte speak to junior and senior students.
Stella Pope Duarte is the author of Let Their Spirits Dance, If I Die in Juarez and her collection of short stories Fragile Night and Women Who Live In Coffee Shops and Other Stories.
Pope Duarte spoke to Yolanda Sotelo’s 4th period Latino literature class. The seniors who were in the process of reading Let Their Spirits Dance were thoroughly engrossed in her presentation to them about her novel. Pope Duarte then spoke to the juniors in Sally Rusk & Yolanda Sotelo’s ethnic studies classes, Ms. Mariscal’ s exception education students and other students during advisory about her writing process and her novel If I Die In Juarez. This is Stella Pope Duarte’s 3rd visit to Pueblo.
The students enjoy her because she is informative, inspirational, and entertaining and they especially enjoy reading her short stories and novels.