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- ↑ Huffington Post profile
- ↑ Nevada County Arts Council Archived July 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ De Jesus, Janice (2009-07-29). "The power of language, the vulnerability of the human spirit". San Jose Mercury News .
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