When I say myself, I don't mean just as a woman of color, as a girl who's growing up in the Bronx,… — Sofia Quintero Copy Share Image
A lot of times, people say that people read to escape. But I think if you come from any community that is… — Sofia Quintero Copy Share Image
There's just something about being a young, working class, working poor, person of color in New York City in the 80's that… — Sofia Quintero Copy Share Image
The one thing that always sticks out to me was how reading to young people - even if they're not that young,… — Sofia Quintero Copy Share Image
Sure, kids want to read whatever is the hot book, and of course they want to read fantasy and any kind of speculative fiction,… — Sofia Quintero Copy Share Image
When I say myself, I don't mean just as a woman of color, as a girl who's growing up in the Bronx, as people… — Sofia Quintero Copy Share Image
A lot of times, people say that people read to escape. But I think if you come from any community that is underrepresented, in… — Sofia Quintero Copy Share Image
There's just something about being a young, working class, working poor, person of color in New York City in the 80's that needs to… — Sofia Quintero Copy Share Image
Not only did we survive AIDS, Reaganomics, poverty, racism, gang violence, police brutality, substance abuse - not only did we survive that, we created… — Sofia Quintero Copy Share Image
We work with tweens. Middle school grades. That's a key time in a young person's literary history. That's the time when they're still open… — Sofia Quintero Copy Share Image
The one thing that always sticks out to me was how reading to young people - even if they're not that young, even if… — Sofia Quintero Copy Share Image
I particularly love where I work because I was born, raised, and still live in the Bronx. I work in a Bronx location, so… — Sofia Quintero Copy Share Image
