Interview With ​Reyna Grande

Reyna Grande is an award-winning author. She is widely recognized as one of the most impactful voices of Latinx literature today. Her work explores migration, coming-of-age, and the complicated beauty of belonging.
Interview ​by
Héctor Rendón
​2/28/2026
Héctor "Vale" Rendón (Mazatlán, México) is a publisher, writer, academic, and journalist. He currently works as Assistant Professor at the Newhouse School in Syracuse University. He has written three novels and has lived in five different countries. As a journalist, he has worked for more than a decade as editor, foreign correspondent, TV reporter, multimedia reporter, and editor-in-chief for several media outlets. His main areas of academic study are focused on media narratives about minorities in different social contexts. Throughout his life he has received several awards and grants that support both his academic and creative work.
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