Our next Letter in the Mail comes from award-winning author Lilliam Rivera! Lilliam writes to us about her visit to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, wanting to stop time, and writing out her intentions—and, she invites us to share a list of intentions with her, too.
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Lilliam Rivera is an award-winning writer and author of the young adult novels Dealing in Dreams and The Education of Margot Sanchez, available in bookstores everywhere. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, and Elle, to name a few. Lilliam lives in Los Angeles.
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Photograph of Lilliam Rivera by Vanessa Acosta.