Alma Flor Ada, a folklorist, novelist, scholar, teacher, and children's book author has passionate dedication to education for social justice, equality, and peace. Join Facebook to connect with Alma Flor Ada and others you may know. Manna, Anthony, L.; Hill, Janet; Kellogg, Kathy. If she went out the front door, she was on the street. in 1965 while teaching in Peru also taught at Harvard, Emory University, and University of CABE’s Alma Flor Ada Award; Alma Flor’s Blog; Upcoming Appearances; Reading the World Conference; Presentations & Activities; Links • To Order Goat and her chil­dren as they visit the neigh­bor­hood archi­tect to review their new A former Radcliffe Scholar at Harvard University and Fulbright Research Scholar she is an internationally re-known speaker. The Alma Project; For Parents; School Visits; A Lifetime of Learning to Teach; Activity Pages • News & Events.

Alma Flor Ada is on Facebook.

Her family lived in a "wonderful big old house."

Young read­ers will accom­pany Mrs. Alma Flor Ada grew up in Cuba. As a faculty member at the University of San Francisco, Ada has developed programs that help students and others transform their lives and has written several bilingual legends and folktales. Alma Flor Ada is the Author of Many Wonderful Children\'s Books in Español and English. Alma Flor Ada, a folklorist, novelist, scholar, teacher, and children's book author has passionate dedication to education for social justice, equality, and peace.

Alma Flor Ada was born in Camagüey, Cuba on January 3, 1938, to Modesto Ada Rey and Alma Lafuente. Alma Flor Ada, Professor Emerita at the University of San Francisco, has devoted her life to advocacy for peace by promoting a pedagogy oriented to personal realization and social jus­tice. But if she went out the back door, she found a special world that sparked her imagination. National Council of Teachers of English, 111 W. Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096. As a faculty member at the University of San Francisco, Ada has developed programs that help students and others transform their lives and has written several bilingual legends and folktales. Latino, Hispanic & Multicultural Children\'s Literature born in Cam­agüey, Cuba, 1938 At 15, sent to America to practice English 2 years in American college, received undergrad degree at Universidad Central de Madrid doctorate in Spanish Lit. Web site: http://www.ncte.org/journals. Alma Flor Ada About Alma childhood References Mov­ing into a new house and a new neigh­bor­hood could be a trau­matic expe­ri­ence and also a new adven­ture. It was a world of fruit trees and animals. She grew up in La Quinta Simoni, a house owned by the family of Cuban revolutionary Ignacio Agramonte. Born into a family of storytellers, poets, and educators, she grew up hearing traditional tales re-told by her grandmother, father, and uncle.