PCC’s first-ever writer in residence, alum Reyna Grande, traces her writing career back to Pasadena in the memoir ‘The Distance Between Us’ To Read Sara Cardine’s Full Article Click Here

Pasadena Weekly: Bridging The Distance


Author Reyna Grande talked about her book, The Distance Between Us: A Memoir, in which she shares her experiences growing up in Mexico without her parents, who immigrated to the United States illegally to find work, and discusses what life was like for her and her siblings when they eventually […]

Author Reyna Grande talks about her book “The Disance Between ...


On Tuesday’s Central Standard author Reyna Grande  describes her experience living as in illegal immigrant in the U.S. Her memoir, The Distance Between Us, is an intimate, graphic narrative about her early years left behind by her parents in Mexico, tumultuous time as a youth in America and journey to […]

Reyna Grande interviewed by the Central Standard



ByVanessa Romo Courtesy Reyna Grande Author Reyna Grande. A conversation with author Reyna Grande on crossing the border as a 10-year-old, getting dumped into the reject pile, and today’s DREAMERS During Tuesday night’s Presidential debate President Obama and Governor Romney touched on immigration reform and lay out their plans for […]

A conversation with author Reyna Grande on illegal border crossings ...



Quinn said she won’t let anyone go hungry, no matter what it takes. “We’ll never have to put anybody off the program or put anybody on a waiting list,” she said. “We’ve never had to do that in 35 years.”

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