Rebecca Balcárcel serves the students of Tarrant County College as associate professor of English. She authored Shine On, Luz Véliz! and The Other Half of Happy, a Pura Belpré Honor Book, an ALSC Notable Book, and a silver medalist in the ILBA. Rebecca is a recipient of Bennington Writing Seminar's Jane Kenyon Poetry Prize. Find her on YouTube as the SixMinuteScholar.
