Xiomara A. Maldonado
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- A Newbie's Guide to Publishing
- Every Day Happy w/Siouxxsie
- Making It Work Mom
- The Song of These Streets
| Gender | Female |
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| Industry | Non-Profit |
| Location | New York, New York, United States |
| Introduction | As Sagittarians are said to be, I am passionate for justice, reliable, forgiving, adventurous, outspoken, idealistic, generous, loyal, sincere, and a natural teacher. Unlike Sagittarians, I am often praised for my patience and am more of a realist than one might think. |
| Interests | Writing and the Creative Arts- Poetry, Fiction, Spoken Word, other Arts- Ceramics/Ceramics Sculpture, Photography, Museums, Thought, Nature- the stars, moon, sun, clouds, valleys, rivers, trees, leaves, animals, the Swings, Food, Social Justice- particularly for young women, youth development |
| Favorite Movies | Crash, Lord of the Rings, I'm Not Afraid, City of God, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Miss Congeniality, Finding Nemo, Singin' in the Rain, The Lion King!!!, The Pest, Chocolat, Bend It Like Beckham, Runaway Jury, Mulan, Under the Tuscan Sun, The Constant Gardener, The Shawshank Redemption, Babel, Volver |
| Favorite Music | Linkin Park, P.O.D., Incubus, Lifehouse, Shakira, Christina Aguilera, The Beatles, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Story of the Year, Thrice, Hanson, Staind, Switchfoot, Zion y Lenox, Oldies, Blindside, Jazz, Latin Jazz, Andrea Bocelli, Aventura, Belanova, Billie Holiday, Celia Cruz, Cristian Castro, Christina Aguilera, Disney songs, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, El Gran Combo, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Crespo, Erykah Badu, Evanescence, Frankie Ruiz, Hector Lavoe, Immortal Technique, India.Arie, Jill Scott, John Coltrane, Kelly Clarkson, La India, Laura Pausini, Miles Davis, Nickelback, Nirvana, Relient K, Sangre Nueva, Silverchair, Stan Getz, Thalia, Tito Puente, Jordin Sparks, Kelly Clarkson |
| Favorite Books | To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee), The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien), The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis), The Color of Water (James McBride), Othello (Shakespeare), Snow Falling on Cedars (David Guterson), Yo! (Julia Alvarez), La Casa de Bernarda Alba (Federico Garcia Lorca), Crank (Ellen Hopkins), A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry), Bodega Dreams (Ernesto Quinonez), The Cricket in Times Square (George Selden), Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes), The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver), The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros), Woman Hollering Creek (Sandra Cisneros), Something to Declare (Julia Alvarez), In the Time of the Butterflies (Julia Alvarez), Breath Eyes Memory (Edwidge Danticat), The Dew Breaker (Edwidge Danticat), Blue Angel (Francine Prose), Matilda (Roald Dahl), Peace like a River (Leif Engel), Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides), The Woman Warrior (Maxine Hong), Wicked series (Gregory Maguire), Batman: The Dark Night Returns (Frank Miller), Watchmen (Alan Moore), The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison), Dreams From My Father (Barack Obama), Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Paterson), When I Was Puerto Rican (Esmeralda Santiago), Almost a Woman (Esmeralda Santiago), The Turkish Lover (Esmeralda Santiago), Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck), Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neal Hurston), The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster), Animal Farm (George Orwell), The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho), Cane (Jean Toomer), Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi), Trail of Crumbs (Kim Sunee) |
The squish of mud between your toes; how would you live your life as a frog?
Enjoying nature from my lily pad seat.