Published Latina author breaking barriers

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A young Latina is present a published author. She dedicates her publication to her precocious father, who inspired her to imagination of breaking barriers successful the publishing industry.

"So I thought, I americium going to constitute astir a Latina protagonist, and I conscionable kept putting it disconnected until I heard the punctuation constitute the communicative you privation to read," said writer Yeiri Farias.

After 2 years of dedicated penning and agelong nights, Yeiri Farias published her archetypal romance novel, Love Me Under The Stars.

It's a communicative astir a beardown Latina who builds a vocation and faces hard beingness challenges, which pb to an unexpected romance.

"I privation radical to cognize that determination is simply a antithetic look of Latinas successful romance, not conscionable the hardcore, concern Latina," said Farias.

As a young Latina who moved to the United States astatine property 13, Farias says it was important to constitute a communicative with characters who embody Hispanic culture.

"The civilization successful the tiny town, it shows up, the family, the connection differences, it shows successful the book."

Her boyfriend, Yovani Munoz, has supported her inspiring travel arsenic a writer and says speechmaking a communicative helium connected to culturally was refreshing.

"I enjoyed the cousins; they had their characteristics and reminded maine of my cousins," said Yovani Munoz.

Farias's passionateness for speechmaking and penning stems from her precocious father, who was an avid reader.

She says her publication is for him.

The owners of Judging by the Cover emotion supporting authors of each backgrounds and accidental radical often inquire astir books featuring Latina protagonists.

"It is simply a abstraction that needs much books, and I americium gladsome idiosyncratic locally is creating that book," said Ashley Mireles.

A publication signing volition instrumentality spot connected Saturday astatine 1 p.m. astatine the Judging by the Cover bookstore, helping motorboat Farias's recently published book.

A infinitesimal with the assemblage they are each looking guardant to, and 1 Farias volition clasp connected to.

"I americium arrogant to recognize wherever I travel from and what I americium doing," said Farias.

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