Sofia Quintero

Carolina Circuit Writers Presents Connecting Communities Through Literature: The Artist In Residence Project featuring Latina Hip-Hop Novelist Sofia Quintero. Sofia Quintero was born into a Dominican Puerto Rican family and raised in the Bronx, New York. She was written four novels entieled: "Explicit Content," Picture Me Rollin'," "Burn," and "Divas Don't Yield." She has also written two screenplays entitled: "Corporate Dawgz" and "Blind Date." The Carolina Circuit Writers program is a statewide literary consortium consisting of academic,community,and cultural center partners that bring engaging writers of color to the state as short-term residents. This years's project includes: Connecting Communites Through Literature, which envisioned to underscore the importance of cultural programs that link communities of color, ease divisions, and blind alliances. Sofia Quintero stated: " My work is informed by hip-hop, its reflection of what is going on, it's a platform a place for me to challenge injustices. It is where I can tell my own story, it's where I tell the story of the people I know and love. I found Ms. Quintero's lecture rather intresting. I enjoyed the audio piece she demostrated with our class. I found it intresting how many students created their own storyline or plot the the film when there was no sound.