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Presenting at Slater Elementary, October 2026
Presenting at Slater Elementary, October 2026
Our Rocky Mountain Letters & Lines panel with Carmela Coyle, me, Lauren Kerstein, and Bianca Schulze, October 2026
Presenting at Simpson United Methodist Church, October 2026
Presenting at Bemis Public Library, July 2026
At the Festival of AAPI Books (FAB) Long Beach celebration with the Tonai family, June 2026
Storytime at the LA Maritime Museum, June 2026
Presenting at Crest View Elementary, April 2026
Presenting at Nerd Nite Denver, April 2026
Virtual presentation with a school in Texas, April 2025
Presenting to LIFE patrons (Library is for Everyone) at the Fort Lupton Public Library, June 2025
With my second grade teacher, Mr. Boettcher
With Las Dahlias all-female mariachi band at Anythink Brighton
Author presentation at Belmar Public Library
Jolene presenting to Early Childhood Educators in northeastern Colorado
Signing books at Bear Creek K-8
Signing books at Bear Creek K-8
Signing books at Bear Creek K-8
Presenting at Bear Creek K-8
Left to right: Avi, Dakota Gutiérrez, Jolene, Shaian Gutiérrez, and Eduardo Gutiérrez, celebrating the books that Jolene, Shaian, and Dakota co-authored, 2025
Jolene presenting at NCTE 2024 in Boston
Ofrendas and Storytime at Wow! Children's Museum 2024
Jolene with a letter from a fan, June 2024
Jolene presenting to and signing books for families from Jefferson County Public Schools at Jefferson County Public Library, Belmar branch
Presenting to students from Mackintosh Academy, 2024
Jolene signing a book for a young reader at the Denver Festival of Stories, October 2023
Jolene at her book launch for TOO MUCH! AN OVERWHELMING DAY at Second Star to the Right Books, August 2023
Jolene signing BIONIC BEASTS and MAC AND CHEESE AND THE PERSONAL SPACE INVADER at the Community Love of Reading Festival for JeffCo families at Arvada High School, February 2023
Jolene reading MAC AND CHEESE AND THE PERSONAL SPACE INVADERS to 11 Elementary classes for World Read Aloud Day and I Love to Read month in February 2022.
Jolene presented at the 2022 CCIRA (Colorado Council of the International Reading Assocation). She loved connecting with fellow teachers and librarians there!
Jack exploring Cassidy's chapter in Bionic Beasts
According to Zac, “One of my teachers wrote a book and it was impressive! The art was impressive, the story was impressive, probably the best book I’ve seen in a long time.”
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| Me with a copy of my book! |
Gregory Aarestad showing me his Devil.May.Care book report poster.
A reader with her copy of Devil.May.Care.
The following videos are from presentations at Caliche Junior/Senior High School.
Reading one of my poems at a poetry slam at Denver Academy.
Doing a book signing for some Caliche Jr./Sr. High School students.
Leading reading/writing activities with students.
My second-grade teacher, Bill Boettcher, who typed up and published some of my first stories.
A poster for an author workshop I participated in at a local school, 2013.
The book Fun Stories was typed up and "published" by my second-grade teacher, Bill Boettcher.
Me at my writing desk in my room.
My first picture book was titled "The Six Ladybugs" and was written when I was about 6 years old. Please note that babs=babies and youg=young. Also, please note that the number of baby ladybugs in the first picture (7) is decreased by 2 in the closeup on the next page. I'm not sure if ladybugs eat their young or if this was a sign that I would be cursed with mathematical issues for the rest of my days. . .
