Acevedo, Elizabeth

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Title

Acevedo, Elizabeth

Description

Elizabeth is an Afro-Dominican author, poet, and performer. When she was teaching English in Maryland to eighth grade students in a school where 80 percent of its students were Latinos, she realized the need to publish books that her students can connect to (Wikipedia).

Type

Person

Source

“Elizabeth Acevedo.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 10 Feb. 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Acevedo. Accessed 1 March 2022
Jana Bahje (cataloguer, 2022)

Person Item Type Metadata

Birthplace

New York, New York, United States

Race/Ethnicity

multiracial (author)

Gender Identity

woman (author)

Sexuality

straight (author)

Occupation

author

Citation

“Acevedo, Elizabeth,” Windows and Mirrors: Diversity in Books for Young Readers, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/windowsandmirrors/items/show/356.

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