DISCOVERING, SUPPORTING, PROMOTING, MENTORING
The Colorado Alliance of Latino Mentors and Authors (CALMA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to discovering, supporting, promoting, and mentoring Latino writers and authors in Colorado.
Featured Author of the Month
Jose "Joe" Barrera, Ph.D., is a lecturer on many topics, including Chicano Studies, Mexico-U.S. Border Studies, American Literature, and U.S. Military History, history of the Spanish Northern Frontier, what is now the U.S. Southwest, and the Mexican and Native American people who have inhabited the land for many generations. Joe is a combat veteran of the Battle of Dak To and the Tet Offensive, well-known engagements during the Vietnam War. He has presentations on the history of the Vietnam War and other U.S. wars. Joe Barrera is the publisher of an independent journal, La Revista Almagre, the Almagre Review, and welcomes submissions from CALMA authors.
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Ramas y Raices: The Best of CALMA won the Bronze International 2025 Latino Book Award for the Dolores Huerta Best Cultural & Community Themed Book - Spanish or Bilingual on October 25, 2025 at the Ceremony at the Miracosta College Auditorium in Oceanside, California
