How I Made It: Yesika Salgado’s Love Poem to Los Angeles
How I Made It: Yesika Salgado’s Love Poem to Los Angeles
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Yesika Salgado is a Los Angeles-based Salvadoran poet. Her newest book of poetry, Corazón, is an intimate look at her childhood, her parent’s home country of El Salvador, and personal experiences of love and loss as a self-described “fat brown woman” living in L.A. On this installment of Latino USA’s “How I Made It” segment, Salgado breaks down her love poem to Los Angeles titled, “What I Know.“