ESMERALDA SANTIAGO is an inspiring writer, role model, and educator who has shared her life story, culture, and creative process with audiences world wide.

AARP National Convention, San Juan PR
Aetna Foundation
American Association of Community Colleges
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
American Library Association
American University
Board of Education, Boston
Bryn Mawr University
Carleton College
Centro de Bellas Artes, San Juan
Chicago Educational Alliance
Chicago Humanities Festival
Children’s Trust Fund, Boston
Chase Bank
Cornell University
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Cottey College
Children’s Trust Fund, Boston
Citibank
Drew University
Girl Scouts, USA
Global Majority Retreat, Hartford, CT
Harvard Foundation
Harvard University
HBO Home Box Office Headquarters
HOPE Hispanas Organized for Political Equality
Higher Education Information Conference
Hispanic Librarians Convention
Hunter College
Indiana University, Bloomington
International Reading Association Convention
Jackson Community College
Kennedy Performing Arts Center
Key West Literary Symposium
La Guardia Community College
Lehman College
Luis Muñoz Rivera Anniversary Barranquitas, Puerto Rico
Manhattanville College
Martin Luther King Birthday, Boston City Hall
Museo del Barrio, Manhattan
National Association of Governors Spouses
National Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
National Council for Marketing and Public Relations
National Council of Teachers of English
National Museum of Puerto Rican Art and Culture
National Museum of Women in the Arts
National Women’s History Museum
New York Times Literary Events
Ninety Seconds Street-Y, Manhattan
Northeastern University
Oceola ESOL programs
Ohio Dominican College
Pace University
Paperback Booksellers Association Convention
Project HELP Harvard University and Boston Public Schools
Public Library Association
Radcliffe College Alumnae Association
Regis College Convocation
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards National Celebration
Simmons College Smithsonian Institution
SONY Corporation
SUNY Courtland University
TAPESTRY International, Manhattan
TESOL International Convention, Boston
Trinity College
Universidad del Sagrado Corazón
University of California, Davis
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
University of Iowa
Yale University

INTERNATIONAL SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS as a cultural ambassador for the USA State Department with assignments in Argentina | Bolivia | Columbia | Dominican Republic | Germany | Iceland | India | Indonesia | Israel | Kazakhstan | Mexico | Russia | South Africa | Spain | Venezuela.