Writing Background

• Writing: Freelance writer, poet and book reviewer for the past five years.  Published on Poetic Diversity (poeticdiversity.org) with reviews and articles published on La Bloga and Xispas, two websites with a strong Hispanic/Latino focus.   La Bloga was named Tu Ciudad's Best Blog of the Year for 2006.  Gina is also a columnist with Blogcritics.org and has a regular section entitled Minor Considerations, a column dedicated to children's literature. 
  

• Reviewing: Gina writes general book reviews for AmoXcalli, a book recommendation blog and for Cuentecitos, a book review blog dedicated to Latino Children's and YA books. 
  
  
• Business and Corporate Writing: Developer, writer, editor and designer of a wide range of business materials, including brochures, newsletters, and correspondence.

• Industry Affiliations: Panelist for Cybils YA graphic novels awards in two age groups.  Member of SCBWI - Los Angeles Chapter.  Member of Linkedin Journalists and Las Comadres Para Las Americas.
  
  
• Internet, HTML, and Desktop Publishing: Familiar with HTML. Familiar with several desktop publishing programs for both electronic and print publishing, including Pagemaker.
  

• Clips:  Gina's reviews are often picked up by respected publications.  Links to some of her clips are listed in the sidebar.