​In an effort to celebrate, promote and document contemporary Latino/a/x Poetry, Latino Book Review has decided to create a database that will archive the names and faces of all Latino/a/x Poet Laureates in the U.S. The following is an ongoing list that will function as a growing database of Latino/a/x Poet Laureates around the Nation. These include poets who have been appointed by their city, county, state or national officials through legislative action, or governor act/proclamation, state library or Library of Congress. We ask the general public to help Latino Book Review continue building this database by providing the names of Latino/a/x Poet Laureates at the state or city level as well as the time period they were appointed on the comment section below so they can be included.

​National

United States Poet Laureate
(2015-2017)
Juan Felipe Herrera

States

Texas Poet Laureate
(2022)
Lupe Mendez

Kansas Poet Laureate
(2019-2021)
Huascar Medina

Texas Poet Laureate
(2020)
Emmy Pérez

Washington Poet Laureate
​(2018-2020)
Claudia Castro Luna

Colorado Poet Laureate
(2019)
Bobby LeFebre

Texas Poet Laureate
(2016-2017)
Laurie Anne Guerrero

Texas Poet Laureate
(2015-2016)
Carmen Tafolla

Arizona Poet Laureate
​(2013-2015)
Alberto Ríos

Texas Poet Laureate
(2013-2014)
Rosemary Catacalos

California Poet Laureate
(2012-2014)
Juan Felipe Herrera

New Mexico Centennial Poet Laureate
(2011-2012)
​Levi Romero

Regional

Poet Laureate of Sutter & Yuba Counties, CA
(2020-2022)
Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

Cities

McAllen, TX Poet Laureate
(2023)
Daniel Ordaz

McAllen, TX Poet Laureate
(2022)
Victoria Lopez

Jersey City, NJ Poet Laureate
(2021-2022)
Susan Justiniano 

Worcester, MA Poet Laureate
(2020-2022)
Juan Matos

Laredo, TX Poet Laureate
​(2020-2022)
Rosa Maria Ceballos de Llano

Springfield, MA Poet Laureate
(2019-2021)
Magdalena Gómez

Houston, TX Poet Laureate
(2019-2021)
Leslie Contreras Schwartz

Cincinnati, OH Poet Laureate
(2018-2020)
​Manuel Iris

San Antonio, TX Poet Laureate
(2018-2020)
Octavio Quintanilla

Philadelphia, PA Poet Laureate
​(2018-2019)
Raquel Salas Rivera

Milwaukee, WI ​Poet Laureate
(2017-2019)
Roberto Harrison

San Antonio, TX Poet Laureate
(2014-2016)
Laurie Anne Guerrero

Fresno, CA Poet Laureate
(2017-2019)
Bryan Medina

Los Angeles, CA Poet Laureate
(2014-2016)
Luis Javier Rodriguez

Houston, TX Poet Laureate
(2013-2015)
Gwendolyn Zepeda

San Antonio, TX Poet Laureate
(2012-2014)
Carmen Tafolla

McAllen, TX Poet Laureate
(2019)
Rodney Gomez

McAllen, TX Poet Laureate
(2018)
Edward Vidaurre

Albuquerque NM Poet Laureate
(2018-2020)
Michelle Otero

Albuquerque NM ​Poet Laureate
​(2016-2018)
Manuel Gonzalez

McAllen, TX Poet Laureate
(2015-2017)
Priscilla Celina Suarez

Albuquerque NM ​Poet Laureate
(2014-2016)
Jessica Helen Lopez

Harrisburg, PA Poet Laureate
(2014-Present)
Rick Kearns-Morales

Boston, MA Poet Laureate
(2014-2018)
Danielle Legros Georges

Fresno, CA Poet Laureate
(2013-2015)
James Pablo Tyner Contreras

Springfield, MA Poet Laureate 
(2014-2016)
María Luisa Arroyo

Milwaukee, WI ​Poet Laureate
(2010-2012)
Brenda Cárdenas

Santa Fe, NM Poet Laureate
(2008-2010)
Valerie Martínez
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Original Post | 3/31/2018
Updated | 12/20/21

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