Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by reciting or reading a favorite poem by a Hispanic or Latina/o writer! Poet Maritza Rivera will host and share a sampling of her own work.

Please limit your reading or recitation to five minutes.

Maritza Rivera is a Puerto Rican poet and U.S. Army veteran who has been writing poetry for over 45 years. She is the publisher of Casa Mariposa Press and hosts the annual Mariposa Poetry Retreat and the annual Mariposa Poetry Reunion Reading at the Writer's Center in Bethesda, where she also teaches poetry workshops. She is the author of About You, A Mother's War, A Baker's Dozen, Twenty-One Blackjack Poems, and the Blackjack Poetry Playing Cards. Her work appears in literary magazines, anthologies, and online publications.