La Vida Latina: Poesía de Denny 2024
Welcome to La Vida Latina: Poesía de Denny, produced by Denny International Middle School students and Jack Straw Cultural Center during the winter and spring of 2024. This web page and our audio recordings and anthology of the students’ poems are the culmination of a project with Jack Straw artists and students from the eighth grade Dual Language Spanish Immersion program at Denny International Middle School in Seattle, Washington.
In this project, students in Liz Barry’s class worked with Jack Straw’s professional writer Raúl Sánchez; producer and poet Carlos Nieto; vocal coaches Stephanie Román, Andrés Torres, and Camila Rincón; and audio engineers Daniel Guenther and Camelia Jade to write, perform, and record their own poetry. Jack Straw is honored to have worked with Denny students since 2012 to help them create and share their stories and poetry and build respect for each other’s experiences.
In addition to these audio recordings, we published an anthology of the students’ poems, both in the original Spanish and translated to English.
Bienvenido a La Vida Latina: Poesía de Denny, producido por los estudiantes de Denny International Middle School y el Centro Cultural Jack Straw durante el invierno y la primavera de 2024. Esta página de internet y nuestras grabaciones y antología de los poemas de los estudiantes son la culminación de un proyecto con artistas de Jack Straw y estudiantes del octavo grado del programa de inmersión en español en Denny International Middle School en Seattle, Washington.
En este proyecto, los alumnos de la clase de Liz Barry trabajaron con el escritor profesional de Jack Straw, Raúl Sánchez; productor y poeta Carlos Nieto; las entrenadoras vocales Stephanie Román, Andrés Torres y Camila Rincón; y los ingenieros de audio Daniel Guenther y Camelia Jade para escribir, interpretar y grabar su propia poesía. Jack Straw ha trabajado con los estudiantes de Denny desde 2012 para ayudarlos a crear y compartir sus historias y poesía y fomentar el respeto por las experiencias de los demás.
Además de estas grabaciones de audio, publicamos una antología de los poemas de los estudiantes, tanto en español original como traducidos al inglés.
La Vida Latina: Poesía de Denny was produced by Denny International Middle School students and Jack Straw Cultural Center with the generous support of the Washington State Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts, ArtsFund, the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture and The Creative Advantage, Seattle Public Schools International Education, and individual donors.
The Jack Straw artist team included writer Raúl Sánchez; producer and poet Carlos Nieto; vocal coaches Stephanie Román, Andrés Torres, and Camila Rincón; audio engineers Daniel Guenther and Camelia Jade; designer Levi Fuller; and Executive Director Joan Rabinowitz. Denny student Estephani Cortés Pérez created the anthology cover art. Special thanks to the students of Denny’s eighth grade Spanish immersion program and Denny staff.
We especially want to thank our partner teacher Liz Barry, as well as these poets’ previous Dual Language teachers; Paty Gómez and Leticia Clausen; Instructional Assistants and Student Recording Support Experts Herman García, Octavio Fernández Ballesteros, and Ceyla Santamaría; Administrative Secretary Mary Wilson; Principal Mary Ingraham; Fiscal Specialist Hillary Fleener; and former Seattle Public Schools International Education Administrator Dr. Thad Williams, who helped make this project possible.
Artists
Raúl Sanchez
Raúl Sanchez is the former City of Redmond Poet Laureate 2019-2021. He teaches bilingual poetry. He runs the Poetry in the Park bi-weekly readings at Meadowbrook Pond…
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Camila Rincon
Camila Rincon is a Colombian presenter and journalist with 10 years of experience as a news presenter and reporter. In addition, she has digital marketing skills. Her experience as a…
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Stephanie Roman
Stephanie Roman (they/them) is a Mexican American actor and teaching artist based out of Seattle. Their training began at PCPA – Pacific Conservatory Theatre in California, and they later moved…
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Andres Torres
Andres Torres is a Colombian actor with 20 years of experience in film, theater and television. He was awarded with the TV and Novelas awards for best supporting actor for…
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