The Goddess convo w/ Anna Martinez

Anna C. Martinez is a local civil rights attorney, performance poet, mother and grandmother raised in Española, NM. First published in 2014 in La Palabra: the Word is Woman, and in Lowriting: Shots, Rides and Stories from the Chicano Soul with artists such as Lalo Alcaraz, Gustavo Arellano and ABQ Poet Laureate Emeritus Manuel Gonzalez, Anna is currently working on publishing her first book of poetry. She has opened for poets such as Buddy Wakefield, renowned performance artist Guillermo Gomez Peña and La Pocha Nostra, and in November will open for Irish poet Paul Muldoon and Jimmy Santiago Baca. Anna is on the board of directors of Burque Revolt Poetry Slam LLC and has held titles as ABQ XXX Haiku Champ, Chicano/a Slam Champ, 2019 City Slam Champ, and competed at the Southern Fried Poetry Slam, the largest poetry competition in the country.