Fresno poets weigh in on Juan Felipe Herrera's nomination to U.S. Poet Laureate--the first Latino Laureate and second from the Valley.

A small crowd gathered as Alma Ochoa took the stage to perform a monologue about being Purépecha in the eastern Coachella Valley. Ochoa was one of more than ten artists who participated in East Valley Voices OUT LOUD, an event meant to highlight storytelling and arts from the east valley.