Pilar Marrero joins us November 15th

    Pilar Marrero is a journalist who for 25 years has extensively covered the areas of city government, immigration and state and national politics. She works for La Opinión as a senior reporter and it’s a regular commentator for radio and television in both Spanish and English media. She has a weekly syndicated column, Actualidad Politica, and works as a senior writer providing coverage and analysis of issues affecting the Latino community in the United States. 

She realeased her first book, "El despertar del sueno americano (Waking Up from the American Dream)" this past May. The English version is titled "Killing the American Dream: How Anti-Immigration Extremists Are Destroying the Nation" and will be hits store shelves Oct. 2nd. 

Pilar speaks immigration with Minnesota Public Radio. Listen to the interview here. 

Pilar will be joining us on November the 15th, from 6-7:30 pm. We're hoping there will be copies of her books available for purchase and autographs at the end of the program. We'll keep you posted. 

Can't join us in person? Watch along and ask Pilar questions live online at 
www.livestream.com/cypressparklibrary starting at 6pm or tweet us at @CypressParkLAPL.