Alondra Adame

Alondra Adame is an essayist, poet, and graduate student earning their MA in English at CSU Chico. Alondra uses she/they pronouns and identifies as a pansexual Chicana/x. She has a passion for supporting first-generation college students like herself and hopes to continue teaching creative writing in the future. You can follow her on Twitter: @cinnamonqueen__.
== Early Life ==
Alondra grew up in Sutter, CA, a conservative area of rural Northern California. " It was predominantly white and started my identity crisis early on since my parents were Mexican immigrants from Tuxpan, Jalisco. A lot of my extended family members from my father’s side ended up in the area which allowed me to grow up with a lot of my cousins who I watched navigate this mysterious idea of the “American Dream” that our parents seemed to wish for us. These experiences inform a lot of my work."
== Goals ==
Hopefully to write a couple of poetry books and some essay collections. "I think it’d be nice to write a show someday but I’ll have to figure out how to do that first. However, I like teaching creative writing best. I hope to inspire other writers to write as well."
== Inspirations ==
Currently, deadlines in grad school. "However, on occasion, I’m inspired by the parts of the world that grab my attention and won’t let go. If I write about something, I’m swinging on some kind of extreme emotion which usually forms into a line for a poem or an idea in an essay. You can always find exactly where my heart started and then my mind took over."
== Philosophy ==
"I grew up hoarding quotes from books, movies, and music that made me feel accepted and alive. I think my writing comes from a place of wanting to heal or understand myself better in my own words. I want to know what matters to me and if those words are beautiful or helpful to someone else, that’d make me happy too."
== Publications ==
“My Brothers’ Sister” (essay) in PALABRITAS
“The Audacity to Live” (essay) in The Nasiona
“Jota” (poem) in Honey & Lime’s OCEANS & TIME poetry blog
“Beginnings” and “Split” (poems) in Crepe & Penn (now CP Quarterly)
“BLOOD SPILLS ON DESERT SOIL” (poem) in Mangrove Journal
== Sources ==
https://linktr.ee/alondraadame