Author: Nora Comstock

Nora de Hoyos Comstock President and CEO of Las Comadres para las Americas. She also is the national and international founder of the organization. Dr. Comstock received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1982 in Educational Administration with an emphasis on community college management. She received a B.A. in History with a specialty in Latin America in 1974. Dr. Comstock was born in Raymondville, Texas and moved to Austin in 1968. She has a set of adult twins. She lives in Austin with her husband of 27 years.

Author Interview: Teresa Rodriguez

Interview with Teresa Rodriguez, contributing author of Count On Me: Tales of Sisterhoods and Fierce Friendships, co-anchor of Univision’s primetime award-winning weekly newsmagazine, Aquí y Ahora, and author of best-selling nonfiction book The Daughters of Juárez: A True Story of…

Share YOUR Comadre Story With Us!

(Photos courtesy of comadre Monica Peña, Austin, Texas.) So many of you have told us your special comadre stories (some have more than one to share) and we felt that all of you should have the opportunity to read about…

Author Interview: Sofia Quintero

Interview with Sofia Quintero, contributing author of Count On Me: Tales of Sisterhoods and Fierce Friendships, co-founder of the nonprofit Chica Luna Productions, producer/creator of web series HomeGirl.TV, and author of the award-winning young adult debut, Efrain’s Secret. All Count…

Tucson Festival of Books on March 9-10, 2013

Visit the Pima County Public Library’s Nuestras Raíces tent at the Tucson Festival of Books on the University of Arizona Campus, March 9-10, 2013. The Nuestras Raíces tent will showcase Mexican-American authors, arts and culture through a variety of interactive…