Isabel Osorio
Puerto Rican
BiographyIsabel Osorio first moved to Hartford from Puerto Rico in the 1960's when the Puerto Rican community here was much smaller, and over the years she has become well known in the community as a poet, educator, and role model. She has read and performed widely throughout the region. She describes her poems as being “about real things. I am a poet who likes to see reality. My poems are my world, reflecting everything I have inside. My role is to help people go through the labyrinth of life, to see that there is always a way out of poverty.”
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