Spending time with my husband and daughter, writing young adult fiction, and reading. I also have an interest in helping abused children and battered women.
Sonny Mendez, my other half and inspiration. His music ROCKS!!! MEN OF CLAY, Enya, Dido, Nora Jones, Toby Mac, Michelle Branch, Superchick, The Doors, Casting Crowns, Brandon Heathe, Tenth Avenue North, Brit Nicole, Sade, Bob Marley, Music of the 50's and 60's
The official music video for Brandon Heath's "Give Me Your Eyes," from his new album What If We.
Movies
ROCKY! ROCKY! ROCKY! As Good As It Gets, Indiana Jones (all of them), The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Harry Potter, While You Were Sleeping, The Mummy, Lord of the Rings, and Titanic.
Television
Lost, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman (greatest empowering television series for women), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (I literally suffered withdrawals when that show ended), and The Sarah Conner Chronicles.
Books
J.K. Rowling, Isabel Allende, Stephen King (his milder stuff), Charlette Bronte, Jane Austen, Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul, anything self-help, Southwestern history, and... Purchase my book on AMAZON,Heart of the Jaguar EBOOK For HEART OF THE JAGUAR now available!
Go to www.heartofthejaguar.com to order your copy for $5.95 of this revised version!
Heroes
My lord and savior Jesus Christ and my husband and daughter
Jackie Spider Man pushups today @ Krav. Whomever came up with this one needs 2 get physchologically evaluated. They combined levels 1-3 today and they made sure I woul Posted at 9:52 PM Nov 25 view more
About me: Proud mother, wife, writer, author and entrepeneur.
BIO
Jacqueline Mendez is a retired schoolteacher with a Masters degree in Education and Bachelors in Liberal Arts. While teaching, she wrote a play, “Promises,” that earned her a superior status award at the 2004 UIL One-Act Middle School competition in San Antonio, TX. This encouraged her to contribute two of her pieces to Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul (Grandma’s Recipe and A Bridge to Freedom), from which both were also published. Her short story, A Shadow to Call her Own, was published by Amazon Shorts.com and made the top 10 of the Family Drama section for two straight weeks. Her self-published fantasy novel, Heart of the Jaguar, is the first out of three in the series of novels for young adults. To learn more about her book, Click on for the book's website
or visit myspace blogs for a sneek peak to her chapters
CURRENT PROJECTS
Conducting research for the prequel to her second novel Provides writing workshops once a month for members of the Latino Writer's Society of San Antonio.
Featured Writer for www.hangproud.com blogs
Jacqueline Mendez has participated in several speaking engagements such as the Barnes & Noble Chicken Soup Spanish edition book signing (March 2008), the Reading Awareness symposium at Weslaco STC (Oct 20007), Latino Writer’s Society in San Antonio, TX (April 2007), San Antonio College Author book Fair (April 14 2007), appeared on Radio Ventana-- an online radio station (April 2007), spoke at the University of Texas at Brownsville (May 2007), the Edwards James Olmos festival in Dallas, TX (2006), made appearances in the San Antonio Living Show on WOAI (2005), and has done promotional readings with Barnes & Noble. She is also a member of IFMASA (Independent Film Maker's Association of San Antonio) and an advocate for battered women and children of abuse.
As a motivational speaker, her goal and purpose in life is to encourage young teenage girls to stay in school and pursue their dreams. She also wants to be in a position where she can help those who can’t help themselves, such as battered women, foster children and families in abusive situations. Ten percent out of the sales of her books go to charities that promote the welfare families in need.
LIST OF WORKS
Coming 2010, Going Above and Beyond My Comfort Zone with Krav Maga , Black Belt Magazine
Current blogs with Hangproud.com, 2009
The Boy's Club , 2008 Writer's Digest Short Story Writing Competition
Sopa de Pollo para la alma latina , 2009
Heart of the Jaguar, 2007
A Shadow to Call Her Own , Amazon Shorts, 2006
Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul , HCI Publishing 2005
STC October 2009 Reading Week Event
Who I'd like to meet: Women throughout history who have made a positive difference in this world.
Las Picardías del Güegüense es una versión narrativa de la mas controversial obra de la literatura nicaragüense, como es la comedia bailete El Güegüense o la Danza del Macho Ratón, del Siglo XVII. El Güegüense fue declarado Patrimonio Oral e Intangible de la Humanidad por la UNESCO en noviembre del 2005 y es considerada una obra excepcional como testimonio en la gestación de la tradición cultural mestiza en la época colonial española en Nicaragua.
Hola colegas, The nominations are out for the 2009 Latino Book Awards. If you are a Latina/o author who published a book in 2008, your book is eligible to be considered. Here is the link: http://lbff. us/latino-book-awards I am willing to work with any author who would like to have their book nominated, so contact me if you are interested, however, I do believe self-nominations are acceptable. ADELANTE!!! Zulmara
Jackie I am so thrilled you enjoyed the video on my site. I know what you mean, writing and balancing life is the key! So good to hear from you and have a great week : ) Jo
Dear Jax, Hello! I want to thank you for your keen observation and kind words. I hope you're a doing fine. I am a love of Fantasy, Fiction, Sci-fiction or anything that can be created so long as it doesn't harm anyone within responsible use or reason. lol! Anyways, I find your book, The Heart of the Jaguar to be interesting. I'd love to check it out in the near future. Well, lately, I've been so busy around here. But I manage to slip away for an occasional break.
that's jackie!! i am nervous, but i'm also really excited about my first year :) i've been looking forward to this for a long time :) plus, i'll be working with belinda who was also in my mexican american lit class when you visited, AND what most people think is wild is that i'll be working with my mom too lol she's a teacher at the same high school i was hired at :)
