Karen D. Gonzales 

Karen D. Gonzales is a native of Denver, Colorado and is a former Program Manager/Civil Rights Specialist with the Colorado Department of Transportation.  She is the Coordinator for Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club-Denver Network.  Karen was featured as a local leader in History Colorado Center's 2019 Year of La Chicana exhibit.  She is a member of many writing organizations and in 2018, two of her short stories were published in "The Almagre Review, Issue 5: Race-Class-Gender" and "These are They."  She is currently working on a children's chapter book.