My bio:
Yesenia Navarrete Hunter, PhD, was born in Mexico and came to the US as a child. She is the daughter of Guadalupe and Alberto Marquez, now of Wapato, Washington. She grew up in the Yakima Valley as a migrant farm worker. Yesenia has published two books- The Girl and The Fandango in 2011 and Tierra en Mis Manos, Earth on My Hands in 2013 which was written in collaboration with her mother Guadalupe. In October 2014, she published for her daughter (then, 6 years old) a bilingual book, The Love Book/ El Libro de Amor. Yesenia and her husband built community in the Yakima Valley by sharing the spirit of the fandango, a practice of community making through music and art workshops. Her community art pieces are permanently installed in the City of Yakima public art spaces and the Yakima Valley Museum.
Dr. Hunter earned her PhD in History at the University of Southern California in 2022.
She is a writer and a successful artist. Her expression in art is fueled by her role as a mother and wife and is deeply influenced by the music, poetry and community building aspects of the practice of the fandango.
Dr. Hunter earned her PhD in History at the University of Southern California in 2022.
She is a writer and a successful artist. Her expression in art is fueled by her role as a mother and wife and is deeply influenced by the music, poetry and community building aspects of the practice of the fandango.