Most Recent: July 13, 2021
Cynthia Alessandra Briano is Director of the Rapp Saloon Reading Series and Founder of Love On Demand Global. She is the daughter of Mexican immigrants and grew up in Southeast L.A. At 14, she attended boarding school in New England, then she earned her B.A. from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. She holds a Master in Fine Arts in Poetry from University of California Riverside. She has been a recipient of the Lois Morrell & J. Russell Hayes Poetry Prize and a finalist in the James Hearst Poetry Prize. Connect with her at: @CynthiaABriano @RappSaloon @LoveOnDemandGlobal