Nina Serrano

Nina Serrano is a poet, writer, storyteller, and independent radio/media producer living in Oakland CA. Her poems and translations are widely anthologized in literary journals and anthologies. Nina Serrano hosts and offers weekly segments on "La Raza Chronicles," and monthly programs on "Open Book, Poet to Poet" and "Radio Chronicles" broadcasts on KPFA-fm, 94.1 radio in Berkeley, California. She has won international film awards, including the Venice Film Festival prize for Directing for my...See more

Nina Serrano is a poet, writer, storyteller, and independent radio/media producer living in Oakland CA. Her poems and translations are widely anthologized in literary journals and anthologies. Nina Serrano hosts and offers weekly segments on "La Raza Chronicles," and monthly programs on "Open Book, Poet to Poet" and "Radio Chronicles" broadcasts on KPFA-fm, 94.1 radio in Berkeley, California. She has won international film awards, including the Venice Film Festival prize for Directing for my work on the film Que Hacer/What Is To Be Done in 1971. She is a co-founder of the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts in San Francisco's Mission District, where she is still actively involved. She worked as a master storyteller in the elementary schools, as a storytelling coach at Stagebridge for many years, and serve as an educational consultant. Her guide "Pass it On: How to Start a Senior Storytelling Program in the Schools" is entering into a second edition. She has been the director of arts-based school programs: Poetry in the Schools and Storytelling in the Schools and served for 8 years on the Alameda County Arts Commission. See less