Dr. Raquel M. Ortiz
@raquelmortiz.bsky.social
Anthropologist. Educator. Activist. Songwriter, above all else, a Storyteller.
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When you purchase When Sofi Paints Her Dreams, part of the royalties from this book are donated to the Fair Trade Winds Team. To learn more about their work with local artisans in Haiti, visit @fairtradewinds
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October 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
When you purchase When Sofi Paints Her Dreams, part of the royalties from this book are donated to the Fair Trade Winds Team. To learn more about their work with local artisans in Haiti, visit @fairtradewinds
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Did you know? When you buy the book When Julia Danced Bomba, Cuando / Julia Bailaba Bomba — a part of the royalties goes to the Consuelo Lee Corretjer Day Care Center in Humboldt Park, Chicago?
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October 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Did you know? When you buy the book When Julia Danced Bomba, Cuando / Julia Bailaba Bomba — a part of the royalties goes to the Consuelo Lee Corretjer Day Care Center in Humboldt Park, Chicago?
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Thank you Rhina Valentin and BronxNet!
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October 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Thank you Rhina Valentin and BronxNet!
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Julia’s Dance: A Bomba Flamenco Bedtime Tale based on @artepublico.bsky.social When Julia Danced Bomba / Cuando Julia bailaba bomba, has won another award: Best Movie 2025 Central Coast International Film Festival!
October 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Julia’s Dance: A Bomba Flamenco Bedtime Tale based on @artepublico.bsky.social When Julia Danced Bomba / Cuando Julia bailaba bomba, has won another award: Best Movie 2025 Central Coast International Film Festival!
Want me to visit your school or organization? Click on the link below and fill out the form!
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October 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Want me to visit your school or organization? Click on the link below and fill out the form!
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Airing tomorrow, Friday, October 17 on BronxNet! Julia’s Dance: A Bomba Flamenco Bedtime Tale!
October 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Airing tomorrow, Friday, October 17 on BronxNet! Julia’s Dance: A Bomba Flamenco Bedtime Tale!
Special thanks to all the Brooklyn and Bronx schools and organizations that invited me to NYC for Hispanic Heritage Month!
October 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Special thanks to all the Brooklyn and Bronx schools and organizations that invited me to NYC for Hispanic Heritage Month!
I will be in NYC visiting several schools next week, but join me in
The Bronx:
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or Brooklyn:
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The Bronx:
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or Brooklyn:
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October 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I will be in NYC visiting several schools next week, but join me in
The Bronx:
www.nypl.org/events/progr...
or Brooklyn:
www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/eve...
The Bronx:
www.nypl.org/events/progr...
or Brooklyn:
www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/eve...
After winning awards at the San Diego Short Film Festival, catch us at the Seattle Latino Film Festival, LUSCA Fantastic Film Fest, the International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival, and the Isabela International Film Festival.
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October 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
After winning awards at the San Diego Short Film Festival, catch us at the Seattle Latino Film Festival, LUSCA Fantastic Film Fest, the International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival, and the Isabela International Film Festival.
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SAVE THE DATE!
Join me @bronx_library_center for an Author Talk, Film Screening, and Bomba dancing! @nypl.bsky.social
Friday, October 10
11:00 a.m.
Bronx Library Center Auditorium
310 East Kingsbridge Rd
Bronx, NY 10458
(718) 579-4244
Join me @bronx_library_center for an Author Talk, Film Screening, and Bomba dancing! @nypl.bsky.social
Friday, October 10
11:00 a.m.
Bronx Library Center Auditorium
310 East Kingsbridge Rd
Bronx, NY 10458
(718) 579-4244
August 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
SAVE THE DATE!
Join me @bronx_library_center for an Author Talk, Film Screening, and Bomba dancing! @nypl.bsky.social
Friday, October 10
11:00 a.m.
Bronx Library Center Auditorium
310 East Kingsbridge Rd
Bronx, NY 10458
(718) 579-4244
Join me @bronx_library_center for an Author Talk, Film Screening, and Bomba dancing! @nypl.bsky.social
Friday, October 10
11:00 a.m.
Bronx Library Center Auditorium
310 East Kingsbridge Rd
Bronx, NY 10458
(718) 579-4244
Julia’s Dance: A Bomba Flamenco Bedtime Tale
Inspired by the book, When Julia Danced Bomba
will be screened at the Cleveland Latino International Film Festival!
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Inspired by the book, When Julia Danced Bomba
will be screened at the Cleveland Latino International Film Festival!
www.latinustheater.com/cleveland-la...
July 8, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Julia’s Dance: A Bomba Flamenco Bedtime Tale
Inspired by the book, When Julia Danced Bomba
will be screened at the Cleveland Latino International Film Festival!
www.latinustheater.com/cleveland-la...
Inspired by the book, When Julia Danced Bomba
will be screened at the Cleveland Latino International Film Festival!
www.latinustheater.com/cleveland-la...
Julia’s Dance: A Bomba Flamenco Bedtime Tale
Inspired by the book, When Julia Danced Bomba
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Inspired by the book, When Julia Danced Bomba
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July 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Julia’s Dance: A Bomba Flamenco Bedtime Tale
Inspired by the book, When Julia Danced Bomba
vimeo.com/1078882376
Inspired by the book, When Julia Danced Bomba
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Join us to help kick off a special exhibition "The Door is Always Open," dedicated to Tove Jansson, the beloved Finnish artist, writer and creator of the Moomins.
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June 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Join us to help kick off a special exhibition "The Door is Always Open," dedicated to Tove Jansson, the beloved Finnish artist, writer and creator of the Moomins.
www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/fam...
www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/fam...
Join M.T. Anderson, Lauren LeBlanc, Tracy Hurren, and me in New York this Friday!
Tove Jansson & The Responsibility of Children’s Literature
Friday, June 27 2025 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Central Library, Dweck Center
10 Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY
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Tove Jansson & The Responsibility of Children’s Literature
Friday, June 27 2025 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Central Library, Dweck Center
10 Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY
www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/tov...
Tove Jansson & The Responsibility of Children’s Literature | Brooklyn Public Library
Authors, illustrators and editors come together to unpack Tove Jansson's influential work and consider the field of children's literature more broadly as an invocation into citizenship. M.T. Anderson,...
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June 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Join M.T. Anderson, Lauren LeBlanc, Tracy Hurren, and me in New York this Friday!
Tove Jansson & The Responsibility of Children’s Literature
Friday, June 27 2025 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Central Library, Dweck Center
10 Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY
www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/tov...
Tove Jansson & The Responsibility of Children’s Literature
Friday, June 27 2025 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Central Library, Dweck Center
10 Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY
www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/tov...
Follow me on Instagram to participate in the INSTAGRAM GIVEAWAY and get the chance to win a copy of Sofi and the Magical Musical Mura and a mini Vegijante Mask for you and a friend.
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May 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Follow me on Instagram to participate in the INSTAGRAM GIVEAWAY and get the chance to win a copy of Sofi and the Magical Musical Mura and a mini Vegijante Mask for you and a friend.
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Our first-ever #Caribbean #book brochure is available now! Scan the QR code or reach out to appinfo@uh.edu to get your free copy of this new catalog, and email us at bkorders@uh.edu when you're ready to place your order!
May 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Our first-ever #Caribbean #book brochure is available now! Scan the QR code or reach out to appinfo@uh.edu to get your free copy of this new catalog, and email us at bkorders@uh.edu when you're ready to place your order!
Join us!
Telling Stories with the Bomba Drums (musical adaptation of When Julia Danced Bomba).
Saturday, April 12, 2025, 12:00–1:00pm
The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Pivot Center ofr Art, Dance and Expression
2937 W 25th Street
Cleveland, OH
www.clevelandart.org/events/famil...
Telling Stories with the Bomba Drums (musical adaptation of When Julia Danced Bomba).
Saturday, April 12, 2025, 12:00–1:00pm
The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Pivot Center ofr Art, Dance and Expression
2937 W 25th Street
Cleveland, OH
www.clevelandart.org/events/famil...
April 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Join us!
Telling Stories with the Bomba Drums (musical adaptation of When Julia Danced Bomba).
Saturday, April 12, 2025, 12:00–1:00pm
The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Pivot Center ofr Art, Dance and Expression
2937 W 25th Street
Cleveland, OH
www.clevelandart.org/events/famil...
Telling Stories with the Bomba Drums (musical adaptation of When Julia Danced Bomba).
Saturday, April 12, 2025, 12:00–1:00pm
The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Pivot Center ofr Art, Dance and Expression
2937 W 25th Street
Cleveland, OH
www.clevelandart.org/events/famil...
With Gabriela Baeza Ventura, the director of Artea Publico Press at #UANLeer2025 @artepublico.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
With Gabriela Baeza Ventura, the director of Artea Publico Press at #UANLeer2025 @artepublico.bsky.social
Honored to be a part of the UANLeerFeria University Book Fair!
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March 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Honored to be a part of the UANLeerFeria University Book Fair!
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Reposted by Dr. Raquel M. Ortiz
Seven organizations and fundraisers you can support to help rebuild bookstores and libraries lost in the Los Angeles fires. All could use your help. Thanks to Oprah Daily for including the ALA Disaster Relief Fund on this list.♥️
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How to Help Rebuild Bookstores and Libraries Lost in the Los Angeles Wildfires
Seven organizations and fundraisers you can support right now
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February 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Seven organizations and fundraisers you can support to help rebuild bookstores and libraries lost in the Los Angeles fires. All could use your help. Thanks to Oprah Daily for including the ALA Disaster Relief Fund on this list.♥️
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Reposted by Dr. Raquel M. Ortiz
It's not too late to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth by sharing stories with your loved ones! Dance the Puerto Rican traditional bomba and enjoy yummy Dominican habichuelas con dulce with two #bilingual #picturebooks! Then, share unique perspectives—one real, one fictional—with two #youngadult #books.
February 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It's not too late to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth by sharing stories with your loved ones! Dance the Puerto Rican traditional bomba and enjoy yummy Dominican habichuelas con dulce with two #bilingual #picturebooks! Then, share unique perspectives—one real, one fictional—with two #youngadult #books.
Did you know the mural featured in Sofi and the Magical Musual Mural “El pueblo cantor” was on the corner of Prospect & East Tremont in The Bronx. Financed by Banco Popular of Puerto Rico the objective was to create an anti-graffiti wall with the students from Intermediate School 193.
February 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Did you know the mural featured in Sofi and the Magical Musual Mural “El pueblo cantor” was on the corner of Prospect & East Tremont in The Bronx. Financed by Banco Popular of Puerto Rico the objective was to create an anti-graffiti wall with the students from Intermediate School 193.
Reposted by Dr. Raquel M. Ortiz
"Bomba is all about facing our fears, celebrating Puerto Rican culture and bringing traditions to life," says @raquelmortiz.bsky.social, author of WHEN JULIA DANCED BOMBA / CUANDO JULIA BAILABA BOMBA, in a new podcast episode. "We need to continue to tell our stories."
Sound of Us | Ideastream Public Media
‘Sound of Us’ tells stories Northeast Ohioans want to tell — in their own voices.
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February 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"Bomba is all about facing our fears, celebrating Puerto Rican culture and bringing traditions to life," says @raquelmortiz.bsky.social, author of WHEN JULIA DANCED BOMBA / CUANDO JULIA BAILABA BOMBA, in a new podcast episode. "We need to continue to tell our stories."