University of the Incarnate Word, BA Interdisciplinary Studies, Concentration in English, 2000.

Portland Community College, 24 hours English/Screenwriting/ Film Studies, just for fun, 2006-2008.

Texas State University, MFA Creative Writing, Creative Nonfiction Thesis, 2017. 

Texas Certified Teacher, Grades 1-8, 

English Specialization, 2000 - always, hopefully.

Nathaniel Hawthorne Academy, 

San Antonio Independent School District,

7th and 8th Grade ELA/Social Studies Teacher, 

2003-2006 & again from 2009-2011.

El Placazo Barrio Newspaper Coordinator & Editor

2011 -  2012

Six issues of the publication with themes including Urban Farming, Ancestral Knowledge, Domestic Violence, Día de los Muertos, La Pinta, Sustainability, School to Prison Pipeline, Youth Empowerment, Graphic Design, Poesia y Performance, Oral History, Mural Projects.

Vinyl DJ 

2011 - now

Vinyl Me, Please brand ambassador,

coordinator of The Spins, a worldwide vinyl listening party

@ La Botánica & Luchador Bar 

2017 - 2019

• Recuérdela: Rosas Pa' Rosie Jimenez commissioned altar art for Planned Parenthood South Texas, November 2022. 

• DJ Despeinada's Molcajete de Música playlist for Panocha Zine, November 2022. 

• "When We Get Home" commissioned essay for the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture's The Status of Women in San Antonio: Reflections on the Pursuit of Gender Equality official exhibition catalogue, October 2022. 

• "Tejas is Heaven to Me" Guest Radio Show for Marfa Public Radio's Mi Tesoro Hour. Mixed & Mastered by Jeremy McCord Longoria at Hot Box Studio in Dale, Texas, July 2022. 

• "Altar-ing Con Nuestro Poder"  Zine Workshop Series for Latinx Heritage Month 2021 at Chicago Public Library in collaboration with Daylily Alvarez & Jaime Bravo, Independence Branch. Zine Release March 2022. 

• "Emergency Dance Break"  Spotify playlist commissioned for radical joy coach Jordan Maney's Emergency Break Slumber Party, 2021. 

• "Sanarás Mañana: music is medicine mix" Spotify playlist commissioned by SanArte Healing & Cultura Clinic for their Circulo de Remedios herbal gathering, 2021. 

• "I know who you are." Spotify playlist for ire'ne lara silva's "Hibiscus Tacos" published by Alabrava Press, San Antonio, Texas, 2021. 

• "Tenemos Más Influencia: DJ Despeinada's Jukebox Chicanx" Infrarrealista Review issue 1.5, Plancha Press: 2021 + Spotify playlist, 2021. 

• Bubble Fest at Home, 2021. Backyard DJ set filmed by Santiago Lopez IV/GIV Productions in San Anto, Texas for Ruby City + Spare Parts. JULY 2021

•  "Take a Trip, but Come Home Soon." WFMU Radio Row Guest Spot #3, JULY 2021

• "Aretes in the Alley" for Centro San Antonio Peacock Alley Friyay Activation: DJ, concept & coordination. July 2021.

•  "Boca Chica Beach, Texas: The Soundtrack." Spotify Mix for Our Ancestral Beach with Great Love for the water, the living beings, and all our stories. APRIL 2021

•  "Raza y Rolas" Radio Xicanismo Interview & Mini DJ Set w/ Xico González. FEB 2021

•  “Love Came Here and Never Left” WFMU.org Radio Row Guest Spot #2,. FEB 2021

•  "The Beauty That Has Always Been Here: Tejana Rebirth, San Anto Style." Mixcloud Radio Show for Manny Castillo & All Who Loved Him. DEC 2020

•  “Missing My Muertos” WFMU Radio Row Guest Spot #1, NOV 2020

•  Bubble Fest at Home: Backyard DJ set filmed on a iPad taped to a shovel by Carlos Sanchez De La Garza in San Anto, Texas for  Ruby City & SpareParts. SEPT 2020

•  Altar-ing: A Latinx Memoir Workshop Zine. Editor, SA Public Library.  SEPT 2020

•  "Que Florezca la Luz, San Antonio" Luminaria 2018 Festival Catalogue & La Voz Vol 33, Issue 7.

•  “Bienvenidxs a San Anto: A Literary Guide to My Beloved City.” Porter House Review, 2020

•  Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: An Anthology. Debra Monroe, Ed. In which “The Ana Files” is anthologized amongst the greats. 2019

•  Grunge Tejana: An Altar of Artifacts for “The Ana Files.” Plancha Press. 2018

•  River Teeth Journal, Vol. 19, No. 2 “The Ana Files.” 2018

•  Buckman Journal. “South Texas Gift de Thrift.” 2018

•  Deep in the Corazón. Master's of Fine Arts/Creative Writing Thesis, Texas State University. San Marcos, TX / 2018.

•  Front Porch Journal. “Resilient Como Nopales.” 2016

•  Front Porch Journal. “Preguntas for Ana Castillo.” 2016

•  Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of MALCS. “How the Sábado Gigante Dancers Changed.” 2013

•  Tejano Conjunto Festival Magazine. “El Corrido de  Azeneth y Esteban.”  Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. 2013

•  El Retorno: Our Serpent’s Tongue. University of Texas RGV Press. “Ciudad Hermana / Sister City.” 2013

  •  Nicho Sonido: Música for Grieving & Healing at Muertos Fest in Hemisfair Park  October 29 & October 30, 2022. 

•  Style Files: Ancestral Aesthetics of South Texas---Ayer, Hoy, y Siempre  Teaching to Power Speaker Series, Dr. Sylvia Mendoza, UTSA Women's History Month, March 9, 2022. 

•  Nicho Sonido: Música for Grieving & Healing at Muertos Fest in Hemisfair Park  October 23 & October 24, 2021. 

• "Siempre Verde: Feeling & Healing in a Creative Mutual Aid Ecosystem in San Antonio, Texas During the Pandemic & Beyond." Field-Wide Conversation, National Association for Latino Arts and Culture: National Latin Summit. October 2, 2021. 

•  Save As: San Anto Archives, Altars, Arts, & Autohistoria in the Digital Age y Después. Guest Lecture at Dr. Sylvia Mendoza's Mexican American Studies Research / Feminist Research Methodologies class. April 1, 2021. UTSA. 

•  Tejanas Behind the Turntables: Spinning Cultural Context & Curating Selections. Presentation and Playlist, Northwest Vista College. 2020.

•  Altar-ing: A Latinx Memoir Workshop Series, Latino Collection and Resource Center @ San Antonio Public Library. 2019.

•  Border/Bordad: Writing, Embroidery, Creating Autohistoria in San Antonio, Latino Collection and Resource Center @ San Antonio Public Library w/ Laurie Ann Guerrero & Sarah Castillo. 2018.

•  Chingona Fest. La Botánica, San Antonio, Texas. Workshops, DJs, Vendors, Poesia. w/ Denise Hernández, Cristina Martinez, Rebel Mariposa. 2016.

•  Sandra Cisneros Archive Committee. Wittliff Collections, Texas State Univeristy, San Marcos, Texas. Archive Grand Opening and La Botánica Celebration. 2015.

•  Dr. Carmen Tafolla Rebozos Publication Celebration. Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, San Antonio, Texas. Co-coordinated Event. 2012.

•  Dr. Carmen Tafolla. San Pedro Springs Event. Co-coordinated event and Original Poem Performed by Dr. Tafolla. 2012.

•  Noche de Poesia, Día de los Muertos Barrio Procession, Huevos Rancheros Gala. San Anto Cultural Arts. Co-coordinated events, 2010-2011.

•  Love Lost and Found. Fiesta Me Molesta, Ugly Sweater Party at Saluté International Bar, N. St.Mary's Strip, San Anto, Texas. 2009-2011.

James E. Tilton Creative Writing Award, University of the Incarnate Word, 1999.

One-Act Play Festival. “The Ballad of Sad Antonio.” Portland Community College. 2009.

Macondo Writers Workshop, 2015. 

National Association of Latino Arts & Culture, NFA Grantee, 2018. 

by Josh Feola   October 18, 2020

by Andie Mau   March 31, 2021

San Antonio Public Library Celebrates National Library Week - Message from Bonnie, Patron and local DJ, April 7, 2021

DJ'ing as Community Education: An Interview with Infrarrealista Review, 

by Cloud Cardona  August 30. 2022. 

La Zona, San Antonio's cool new place to play, is hidden away in a historic stretch of downtown, 

by Deborah Martin  August 30, 2022

Words on a Wire Radio Show with host Tim Z. Hernandez on KTEP, November 2022.