May 30, 2013
Chicana/o Studies professor Denise M. Sandoval and her co-editor Luis J. Rodriguez, won an IPPY Award bronze medal in the Multicultural Non-Fiction Adult category for Rushing Water, Rising Dreams: How the Arts Are Transforming a Community, (Tia Chucha Press). The IPPY Awards, launched in 1996, are designed to bring increased recognition to the deserving but often unsung titles published by independent authors and publishers. http://www.independentpublisher.com