http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2008/04/author-and-illustrator-interview-lucia.html

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/03/prweb2224604.htm

http://www.topix.net/content/prweb/2009/03/the-storytellers-candle-la-velita-de-los-cuentos-published

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=283_type=Contributor_typeId=1480

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6535113.html

Awarded the 2008 Pura Belpré Children’s Literature Honor Medal for writing The Storyteller’s Candle/La velita de los cuentos.

(http://ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal/index.cfm)

Awarded the 1996 ALA/ALSC Pura Belpré Children’s Literature Honor Medal for writing The Bossy Gallito.

(http://ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal/belprepast/index.cfm)

Selected by the USF/SLIS Alumni Society as the School’s 1998 “Outstanding Graduate”.

ALA Annual Conferences (1995, 1997, 1998; 2006, 2008) — Presentations included participation in panels discussing Latino children’s literature, bilingual books, bilingual programs and multicultural services in libraries, as well as storytelling performances and multiple author events. http://www.ala.org/ala/conferencesevents/upcoming/annual/index.cfm

REFORMA National Conference III (2008) — Panel presenter, The Bilingual Mind. Noche de Cuentos @ the Border, program coordinator and performer. http://www.reforma.org/

University of South Carolina’s Latino Children’s Literature Conference (2008 and

2009) http://www.ed.sc.edu/latinoconf/

Texas Library Association Convention (1995 and 2009) — Author presentation: Latina Heroines Among Us: Writing the Community-Based Biography http://www.txla.org/

Miami Book Fair International (1996, 2001, 2003, and 2008) Author presentations to schools http://www.miamibookfair.com/

Novello Festival of Reading (October 1998 and 2008)http://www.plcmc.org/novello/

International School of Warsaw (Poland, 1999)

ContArte Festival of the Word (Cuba, 2003) —Storytelling

National Council of Teachers of English 87th Convention (1997)http://www.ncte.org/annual

Shenandoah University (1997)http://www.su.edu/

Texas Woman’s University Children’s Literature Conferences (1997).

The Storyteller’s Candle / La velita de los cuentos (Children’s Book Press, Spring 2008)http://www.childrensbookpress.org/our-books/latino/storyteller%E2%80%99s-candle

“Picture Books in Spanish: A Best of the Best Backlist.” Criticas Magazine. May/June, 2002. http://www.criticasmagazine.com

“Cultural Integration at the Library”. Library Services to Youth of Hispanic Heritage: Proceedings from the Trejo Foster Foundation Fourth National Institute. McFarland & Company Inc., 1999.

Señor Cat’s Romance and other Favorite Stories from Latin America. (Scholastic, 1997)http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/index.jsp

The Bossy Gallito. (Scholastic, 1994) http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/index.jsp

“Juan Bobo and the Buñuelos”. From Sea to Shining Sea: An Anthology of American Folklore. (Scholastic, 1993)http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/index.jsp

High School, North Miami Senior High (1976)http://nmhs2.dadeschools.net/

Bachelor of Arts History, University of CaliforniaSanta Barbara, July 1983 http://www.ucsb.edu/

Master of Arts, Library and Information Science,University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, April 1991 http://www.usf.edu/index.asp

Associate Director for Programming, Youth Services and Family Literacy, Broward County Library (2004—present)

Assistant Section Manager. Broward County Library, Youth Services, Main Library (2003)

Programs Coordinator for the Miami-Dade Public Library System (2000—2003)

Children’s Department Manager, West Kendall Regional Library (1994—1999)

Children’s Librarian / Assistant Branch Manager, Hispanic Branch Library (1994—99)

Children’s Outreach Librarian, Imagination Factory (1990—1992)

American Library Association (ALA)http://www.ala.org/

Association of Library Service to Children (ALSC)http://ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/index.cfm

Ethnic Materials and Information Exchange Round Table (ALA/EMIERT) http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/emiert/aboutemiert/aboutemiert.cfm

Florida Library Association (FLA)http://www.flalib.org/

National Storytelling Association (NSA)http://www.storynet.org/

REFORMA (The National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking)http://www.reforma.org