Traveler, educator and short story writer Xanath Caraza says she first started writing poetry when she was about six years old.
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Kansas City, MO – Caraza writes in Spanish, her first language, and then translates her own work into English. Here, she reads a poem she wrote in Mexico to celebrate International Women's Day; it's called "Mujer."
This poem is published in the anthology called Primera Pagina: Poetry from the Latino Heartland.
