El Futuro Vive Aquí / The Future Lives Here

The future isn’t waiting for permission. It’s already here and moves through language, familia, cuentos and the everyday acts of naming ourselves.

In El Futuro Vive Aquí / The Future Lives Here, four poets bring work rooted in culture, community, and the living textures of bilingual and Spanglish life. Humor and tenderness with a fierce presence, reminding us that we shape the future in real time.

Josiah Luis Alderete brings sharp wit and kinetic swagger, capturing the rhythms of culture and daily life with big corazón. Deyci Carrillo Lopez writes with tender attention to memory, migration, and the emotional landscapes of belonging. April Lopez explores identity and inheritance, tracing how stories move across generations, and Áurea María Altamirano grounds her work in resilience and cultural memory. These poets write from the present tense of community, where language shifts, stories travel, and the future is already speaking.