S03-E18: "Books & Memes as Love Languages, Creating Spaces for Storytelling & Belonging" with guest Sofia Aguilar

Send us Fan MailWelcome to the podcast Sofia Aguilar!In this conversation, Cynthia and Sofia discuss their perfect Sundays and the importance of safe spaces like libraries. Sofia shares her various roles as a writer, social media coordinator, book reviewer, and library clerk. They talk about the significance of children's literature and the impact it has on shaping our memories. Sofia also highlights the intentional ways her parents show love through sharing books and memes. They delve into Sofia's involvement with Hip Latina and her goal of increasing visibility for Latinas in all fields. Sofia Aguilar shares her journey as a writer and interviewer, highlighting the transformative power of storytelling and the importance of community and kindness. Sofía Aguilar is a Chicana writer, editor, and library professional based on the traditional homelands of the Tongva and Chumash peoples, now known as Los Angeles, California. Her work has appeared in the L.A. Times, Refinery29 Somos, and New Orleans Review, among other publications. As a freelance journalist, she frequently covers breaking news, politics, pop culture, media and entertainment, and representation of marginalized communities for media outlets including Latina Media, HipLatina, and Unpublished Magazine. As an alum of WriteGirl and a first-generation college graduate, Sofía earned a BA from Sarah Lawrence College, where she received the Andrea Klein Willison Prize for Poetry and the Spencer Barnett Memorial Prize for Excellence in Latin American and Latinx Studies. STREAMING SERVICE: golden shovels made for tv (2021) is her self-published debut poetry chapbook. Its sequel STREAMING SERVICE: season two, also self-published, was released in June 2022. She is at work on her third poetry chapbook and her first novel, with her debut children’s picture book spotlighting past and present queer heroes from Latin America and the U.S. forthcoming from Jessica Kingsley Publishers. She is currently pursuing an M.S. in Library and Information Science at Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies. You can find her at sofiaaguilar.com or at @sofiaxaguilar on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok.