Featured Authors- Villarreal, Anselmo
Anselmo Villarreal is the President and CEO of La Casa de Esperanza, a community-based organization dedicated to serving the low-income and Latino population of Waukesha, Wisconsin since 1966. He has 24 years of experience in non-profit management ... - Baker, Deb
Wisconsin author Deb Baker writes the humorous Yooper/backwoods mysteries, centering around a fictitious town in the Michigan Upper Peninsula where Gertie Johnson, mother of the local sheriff, solves murders the old fashioned way with friends Cora Ma... - Foy, Joseph
Joseph J. Foy is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, Law, and Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Foy is the editor of the books Homer Simpson Goes to Washington: American Politics through Popular Cul...
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Anselmo Villarreal is the President and CEO of La Casa de Esperanza, a community-based organization dedicated to serving the low-income and Latino population of Waukesha, Wisconsin since 1966. He has 24 years of experience in non-profit management and under Mr. Villarreal’s leadership, La Casa has expanded its programs and services to respond to the changing needs of the communities served.
His accomplishments during his tenure as President and CEO of La Casa include effective strategic planning to ensure efficient service delivery across the organization, expanding of community collaborations and successfully leading two capital campaigns for a new community center and building renovations totaling $4.8 million. His service to the Waukesha community has been recognized by the Waukesha County NAACP and Waukesha County Technical College (WCTC) where he received the Community Service Award and Citizen Service Award, respectively.
Dedicated to advancing the well-being of Latinos and building stronger communities, Mr. Villarreal is a member of several local and national organizations including: the Board of Directors of the National Council of La Raza, the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States and the Alliance for Children and Families, an international organization representing 310 human services in the United States and Canada. Additionally, he serves on the Waukesha-Ozaukee-Washington Workforce Development Board and as the Wisconsin Representative of the Advisory Council of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad. He has also served on the Waukesha Area Chamber of Commerce, Mexican and American Solidarity Foundation, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago Advisory Board, National Rural Housing Action Coalition, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, American Lung Association, and the Consumer Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Board.
Mr. Villarreal began his career in the federal government of México, the country of his birth and of his college education. After graduating from the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico, Mr. Villarreal came to the United States to advance his career by earning a Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee in 1986. Today, Mr. Villarreal’s commitment to family begins at home where he resides with his wife of 23 years, Elvira, his 19-year-old son, Roberto and his 13-year old son, Daniel. This year, Mr. Villarreal has also begun to pursue a Doctorate in Leadership for the Advancement of Learning and Service at Cardinal Stritch University.
Wisconsin author Deb Baker writes the humorous Yooper/backwoods mysteries, centering around a fictitious town in the Michigan Upper Peninsula where Gertie Johnson, mother of the local sheriff, solves murders the old fashioned way with friends Cora Mae and Kitty. Deb is working on the sixth in the series.
Under her pen name, Hannah Reed, Deb also writes the Queen Bee mystery series featuring Story Fischer, a Wisconsin beekeeper. Book #3 Plan Bee is a current 2012 release with #4 coming in December.
Deb’s first novel, Murder Passes the Buck, was based on her personal experience growing up in the Michigan Upper Peninsula. The colorful characters she created won her the Authorlink International First Novelist Award in the mystery category, then went on to win Best of Show.
Visit her at http://deb-baker.blogspot.com and www.queenbeemystery.com
Joseph J. Foy is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, Law, and Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Foy is the editor of the books Homer Simpson Goes to Washington: American Politics through Popular Culture and SpongeBob SquarePants and Philosophy: Soaking Up Secrets Under the Sea. He also co-edited Homer Simpson Marches on Washington: Dissent through American Popular Culture and is currently working on a book exploring political theory in film, television, music, and consumer culture. Foy has written over a dozen chapters for edited volumes focusing on political and philosophical messages in popular culture artifacts such as True Blood, Star Trek, Avatar, The Hunger Games, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, and the music of The Rolling Stones. In 2009, Foy received the John G. Cawelti Award for the best textbook on American and popular culture by the Popular Culture/American Culture Association. In 2010, as a political science professor at UW-Waukesha, he was presented with the Barrington-Musolf Faculty Research award given by the University of Wisconsin Colleges.
Victoria Houston is the author of the Loon Lake Mystery Series — DEAD MADONNA, DEAD HOT SHOT, DEAD RENEGADE, DEAD DECEIVER and DEAD TEASE. DEAD TEASE, twelfth in the series, was published in hardcover, trade paperback and as an eBook for Kindle, Nook and iTunes by F & W Crime/Tyrus Books in March 2012. The mysteries are set in the Northwoods of Wisconsin against a background of fishing – fly fishing as well as fishing for muskie, bass, bluegill and walleyes. Houston’s mystery series has been featured in The Wall Street Journal and on NPR’s “Talk of the Nation with Neal Conan”.
She has written six non-fiction books, including co-authoring RESTORE YOURSELF: A Woman’s Guide to Reviving Her Libido and Passion for Life (The Berkley Publishing Group/2001) with Dr. James Simon, immediate Past President of the North American Menopause Society. An an award-winning author specializing in family issues, Houston’s has received significant national media attention. She has been interviewed by most major newspapers and has appeared extensively on local television and radio in all major markets.
KATHIE GIORGIO’S short story collection, “Enlarged Hearts,” is due to be released in early 2012 by the Main Street Rag Publishing Company. Her first novel, “The Home For Wayward Clocks,” was released on February 1, 2011, by the Main Street Rag Publishing Company as well. Her short stories have appeared in Los Angeles Review, Harpur Palate, Fiction International, Dos Passos Review, Ars Medica, Thema, CutThroat, The Pedestal, St. Petersburg Review, Lowescroft Chronicle, Lalitamba, Riverrun Review, Alimentum, Evening Street Review, Frontstem, Bayou, Epiphany, Eclipse, Potomac Review, Arabesques Review, Hurricane Review, Oyez Review, Jabberwock Review, Karamu Review, Reed Magazine, The Binnacle, Licking River Review, Bellowing Ark, Hiss Quarterly, Midway Journal, The Externalist, Fogged Clarity, and many more. She’s been anthologized by Papier Mache Press, Main Street Rag Publishing Company, EBibliotekos, Pill Hill Press and Susurrus Press. Her poem, “In Retrospect,” appears now in Fearless Books’ newest anthology on love and touch and she has appeared in the Wisconsin Poets Calendar. She has been the featured author in Women Writers’ ezine. She’s been nominated twice for the Million Writer Award and for the Best of the Net anthology. Interviews with Kathie have appeared on NPR, in Poets & Writers magazine, and in several literary magazines. She is the director and founder of AllWriters’ Workplace & Workshop, a creative writing studio. She also teaches for Writers’ Digest and serves on their advisory board.
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