Pat Mora is a Mexican-American poet and writer who has won numerous awards for her books and poetry. She holds the Kellogg National Leadership Fellowship Award, the National Endowment for the Arts Award, the Southwest Book Award, and the Aztlán Literature Award. She was born in El Paso, Texas, on January 19, 1942.  Her family settled … Continue reading Poem of the week: Pat Mora’s ‘Legal Alien’