Tesoro

Yesika Salgado is a Los Angeles based Salvadoran poet who writes about her family, her culture, her city, and her brown body. She has shared her work in venues and campuses throughout the country. Salgado is a four time member of Da Poetry Lounge Slam Team and a 2017 and 2018 National Poetry Slam finalist. Her work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Latina Magazine, Univision, Vibe Magazine, Huffington Post, NPR, TEDx and many digital platforms. She is the co-founder of the Latina feminist collective Chingona Fire and an internationally recognized body positivity activist.

"This is that bittersweet moment in the process of growing up—seeing the humanity of your loved ones, their choices, your existence and the role all of these things play in your family. This is the moment that leads you to take a harder look at yourself and how you have ultimately been shaped by everything that came before you. This is the moment, these are the feelings; this is Yesika Salgado’s Tesoro." —NPR Books