Stella Pope Duarte | |
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Born | South Phoenix, Arizona |
Occupation | Novelist |
Education | Arizona State University (BA, MA) |
Notable awards | American Book Awards 2009 If I Die in Juarez |
Stella Pope Duarte (born South Phoenix) is a Latina American novelist. [1]
She graduated from Arizona State University with a B.A. and MA in Educational Counseling. She taught at Arizona State University from 1999–2008, and South Mountain Community College. [2] She was a member of the Arizona Commission on the Arts from 2006 to 2010. [3]
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