Pat Mora

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  • Born in El Paso Texas

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    Pat Mora

  • B.A from Texas Western College

  • Married to Vermon Scarborough

  • M.A from University of Texas at El Paso

  • Poetry Award, New America: Women Artists and Writers of the Southwest, Albuquerque, New Mexico

  • Creative Writing Award, National Association for Chicano Studies, Ypsilanti, Michigan

  • Literary Award, Harvey L. Johnson Book Award, Southwest Council of Latin American Studies

  • Authors of the Pass: El Paso Herald-Post Writers Hall of Fame

  • Pellicer-Frost Bi-national Poetry Award, Ford Foundation, FEMAP Foundation, and Museo de Arte e Historia del INBA-Cd, Juárez

  • Poetry Award, Conference of Cincinnati Women

  • El día de los niños, El día de los libros/Children's Day, Book Day (Día)

  • Ohioana Award in Children's Literature, Ohioana Library Association, (for body of work and contributions to children's literature)

  • "Literary Lights for Children," Associates of the Boston Public Library

  • "100 Library Champions," Texas Library Association Centennial

  • Honorary Doctor of Letters, State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo

  • National Hispanic Cultural Center Literary Award, Albuquerque, NM

  • Roberta Long Medal for Distinguished Contributions to Celebrating the Cultural Diversity of Children, University of Alabama at Birmingham

  • Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, North Carolina State University

  • Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Letters, University of California at Santa Barbara

  • The University of Southern Mississippi Medallion for Outstanding Contributions to Children's Literature, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

  • Literary Legacy Award, El Paso Community College

  • Loretto Legacy Award for Arts and Literature, 200th Jubilee on the Border, Sisters of Loretto, El Paso, Texas

  • Con Tinta Achievement for Literary Activism, Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP), Chicago Il

  • Texas Writer Award, Texas Book Festival, Austin, Texas

  • Virginia Hamilton Literary Award, Kent State University, Akron, OH

  • Lon Tinkle Award for Lifetime Achievement, Texas Institute of Letters, El Paso, TX

  • The 2017 Coleen Salley Storytelling Award, University of Southern Mississippi