ÁUREA MARÍA
ALTAMIRANO
Spanish Grammar and Conversational Teacher
(For Adults and Children)
Visual Artist
Writer
Poet
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"Her words speak from the heart, a feminist voice of strength, resilience and courage. Reflections of impactful, formative experiences, we are granted an intimate view of a modern woman with ties to two cultures. Insightful and hopeful, this is a journey of self discovery."
Parke Keeton
BIO
AUREA MARIA
ALTAMIRANO CUARESMA
Áurea María Altamirano Cuaresma was born in Lima, studied Language and Literature, and graduated with a B.A. in Child Development from Federico Villarreal National University from Peru and migrated to Berkeley, U.S. in 2008, to work as Au pair to continue her studies.
Áurea María Altamirano Cuaresma was born in Lima, studied Language and Literature, and graduated with a B.A. in Child Development from Federico Villarreal National University from Peru and migrated to Berkeley, U.S. in 2008, to work as Au pair to continue her studies. She currently works at BAHIA, a bilingual afterschool program in Berkeley, teaches Spanish at Centro Latino Language School and in groups around the Bay Area. She also is a participant at Community Literature Initiative (CLI), an organization dedicated to supporting minority writers, published some of her poems in the newspaper Berkeley Times, and some of her paintings, drawing and photography in Milvia Street Journal, a journal of Berkeley City college. Áurea is a teacher at heart, mom, daughter, a writer, a visual artist and eternal student of life.
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Praise for Mariposa De Fuego
“Áurea Altamirano’s collection of poetry is a journey along a vulnerable path to a deep emotional well. It plumbs depths of truth about childhood experiences, the loss of a father, and the glorious layers of turmoil in relationships before it rises back to the top with a sense of empowerment and joy.”
"Her words speak from the heart, a feminist voice of strength, resilience and courage. Reflections of impactful, formative experiences, we are granted an intimate view of a modern woman with ties to two cultures. Insightful and hopeful, this is a journey of self discovery."
Aurea’s Poems : From simple words a voice emerges—a woman, a young daughter, a mother but even more so simply a person—poignantly personal. A unique multilingual, multicultural perspective and a most unique feminism.. It is impossible to read this poetry without pain, without compassion and without a tremendous lift of spirit from its clarity and hopeful tenderness about life.
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