> Yesika Salgado is a Los Angeles based Salvadoran poet who writes about her family, her culture, her city and her brown body. She has shared her work in venues and campuses throughout the country. She is a member of the 2014, 2016 and 2017 Da Poetry Lounge Slam Team. Her work has been featured in Latina Magazine, Univision, Vibe Magazine, Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, TEDx and many other digital platforms. Yesika is the Co-founder of the Latina feminist collective Chingona Fire and an internationally recognized body positivity activist.
I'll give the uber driver the benefit of the doubt. He may have not meant it the way she took it, but you and the guy you're replying to are very dismissive of other people's accomplishments.
Apparently she did not self-publish and has a decent amount of sales.
https://www.amazon.com/Coraz%C3%B3n-Yesika-Salgado/dp/1945649135
https://www.amazon.com/Tesoro-Yesika-Salgado/dp/1945649232/
> Yesika Salgado is a Los Angeles based Salvadoran poet who writes about her family, her culture, her city and her brown body. She has shared her work in venues and campuses throughout the country. She is a member of the 2014, 2016 and 2017 Da Poetry Lounge Slam Team. Her work has been featured in Latina Magazine, Univision, Vibe Magazine, Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, TEDx and many other digital platforms. Yesika is the Co-founder of the Latina feminist collective Chingona Fire and an internationally recognized body positivity activist.
I'll give the uber driver the benefit of the doubt. He may have not meant it the way she took it, but you and the guy you're replying to are very dismissive of other people's accomplishments.