Adela Najarro, TWH 2026 Directors Assistant (Fiction)

Adela Najarro is the author of five poetry collections, including Variations in Blue, which received an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. Francisco Aragón selected the collection for the Letras Latinas/Red Hen Press curated series. Her other works include Split Geography, Twice Told Over, My Childrens, and Volcanic Interruptions, a chapbook featuring artwork by Janet Trenchard. 

Adela Najarro is a poet with a social consciousness who is working on a novel. Her extended family left Nicaragua and arrived in San Francisco during the 1940s; after the fall of the Somoza regime, the last of the family settled in the Los Angeles area. She serves on the board of directors for Círculo de poetas and Writers and works with the Latinx community nationwide, promoting the intersection of creative writing and social justice.

The California Arts Council recognized her as an established artist for the Central California Region and appointed her as an Individual Artist Fellow. More information about Adela can be found at her website: www.adelanajarro.com.