PUBLICATIONS
PRESENTED WORKS
Presentations & Readings
PUBLICATIONS
Academic Citations & Peer-Reviewed Journals
Annual Reports (project management)
Anthologies & Books (fiction)
The Cocoa Kids Collection Books
Visible Ink Anthology
Blog Articles (selected works)
Williams-Sanchez, V. L. (2020, April, 27). The Brownie's Book: A literacy artifact and blueprint for tomorrow. We Need Diverse Books Blog post. www.Diverse.org
Valerie’s Vignettes: A Gallery of Snapshots in Prose (2010 - Present). Retrieved at www.ValorenaOnline.com
Children's Book Reviews by Valerie Williams-Sanchez
Mulicultural Children's Book Day - Book Review, 2019
Magazines & Feature Stories
"A Small Life with Grand Visions"
"A Modern Day Middle Passage"
"Vivre: A Young Boy's Flight of Reality"
Newspaper Articles - Archived
Bylines as Staff Writer (Reporter), and Graphic Researcher
Presentations & Readings
- ILA 2020—Shaping the Future of Literacy: 2020 Vision. The Brownies' Book to Cocoa Kids Collection Books: History's Call to Action, Today. October 15-18, 2020. Poster session. Columbus, OH. International Literacy Association. (Conference canceled due to coronavirus concerns).
- "Eddie and the Hot Cocoa Hot Rod" Reading. Orange County Children's Virtual Book Festival, September 14-26, 2020.
- "In the Beginning Was the Word" Moderator. Say Ah! Racism & Health Literacy, A Free Online Series to Advance Health Equity, August 24-26, 2020.
- Digital Marketing to Grow Your Business, July 28, 2020. Presented for Women's Venture Fund, New York, NY.
- The Brownies’ Book to the Cocoa Kids Collection: Cultural Literacy Artifacts that Teach and Inform the Future, May 14, 2020. Presented to Cultural Literacy in Europe Symposium, University of Lodz, Poland and online.
- Celebrating the Anniversary of THE BROWNIES’ BOOK by W.E.B. DuBois, Apr. 27, 2020. We Need Diverse Books (www.diversebooks.org)
- The Brownies' Book: A Call to Action for Today, April 7, 2020. Presented for the World Literacy Summit 2020, Oxford University, England and #WLS20 online. (Preview above.)
- MarCom: Successful Strategies for Marketing and PR, June 27, 2019. Presented for Women's Venture Fund, New York City, NY.
- Lorena and the Magic Mocha Mirror, Featured Author Reading, March 9, 2019. Studio Museum Harlem and NY Public Library’s “Books, Authors, Kids” program, George Bruce Branch of New York Public Library, New York City, NY.
- The Cocoa Kids Collection, Author Talk and Book Reading, April 10, 2016. Nyack Library Local Author Book Fair, Nyack Library, New York.
- 2017 - Home, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY.
- 2014 - Valory, the Koi of Courage (2.0). Figment Festival, Roosevelt Island, New York, NY.
- 2014 - Valory, the Koi of Courage (2.0). Figment Festival, Clark Park, West Philadelphia, PA.
- 2013 - Valory, the Koi of Courage. Figment Festival, Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston, MA.
PUBLICATIONS
Academic Citations & Peer-Reviewed Journals
- Williams-Sanchez, V.L. (2019). The Brownies’ Book. The Reading Professor.
- Williams-Sanchez, V. (2015). The Cocoa Kids Collection Thesis: Revaluing Children of Color's Lives Through Children's Literature. Academia.edu.
Annual Reports (project management)
- Precision Ophthalmology at Columbia, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology, (p. 71, 2016).
- Precision Ophthalmology 2020: Applied Genetics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology, (p. 83, 2019).
Anthologies & Books (fiction)
The Cocoa Kids Collection Books
- Lorena and the Magic Mocha Mirror© (2018) - TX0008605962; ISBN - 9781483478036
- Eddie and the Hot Cocoa Hot Rod© (2015) - TX0008345961; ISBN - 9781483441733
- Isaiah and the Chocolate Mountain© (2015) - TX0008016627; ISBN - 9781483419312
Visible Ink Anthology
- Williams-Sanchez, V.L. (2015). Care Instructions for Love. Visible Ink, (7). Memorial Sloan Kettering.
- Williams-Sanchez, V.L. (2013). Sisters of Circumstance. Visible Ink, (5). Memorial Sloan Kettering.
Blog Articles (selected works)
Williams-Sanchez, V. L. (2020, April, 27). The Brownie's Book: A literacy artifact and blueprint for tomorrow. We Need Diverse Books Blog post. www.Diverse.org
Valerie’s Vignettes: A Gallery of Snapshots in Prose (2010 - Present). Retrieved at www.ValorenaOnline.com
Children's Book Reviews by Valerie Williams-Sanchez
Mulicultural Children's Book Day - Book Review, 2019
- Rice & Rocks, by Sandra Richards and illustrated by Megan Kayleigh Sullivan. Wise Ink Creative Publishing (2016).
- Little Man, Little Man: A Story of Childhood by James Baldwin, illustrted by Yoran Cazac. Duke University Press (1976).
- Sofia Martinez: Every Day is Exciting by Jacqueline Jules and illustrated by Kim Smith. Capstone - Imprint (2018).
Magazines & Feature Stories
- Hook Magazine: Arts, Culture and Community of the Lower Hudson Valley. "Tuning Up; Rose Raccioppi Tunes with APOGEE AcuTone," published October/November 2014
- NBPC’s “AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange,” Caribbean Shorts Series, Filmmaker Interviews, August 2014:
"A Small Life with Grand Visions"
"A Modern Day Middle Passage"
"Vivre: A Young Boy's Flight of Reality"
- How Breast Cancer Changed Me, More magazine online, Readers Voices (2012).
- Letter to the Editors, Injuve, Madrid, Spain (1990)
Newspaper Articles - Archived
Bylines as Staff Writer (Reporter), and Graphic Researcher
- Long Beach Press Telegram, 1994-1996
- Miami Herald, Broward Edition, 1994
- Los Angeles Times, Orange County Edition, 1992