CAMPOS Cafecito (Coffee Break): Discussion with Dr. Maria Nieto
Davis, CA
We were pleased to have our June CAMPOS cafecito (coffee break) discussion led by Dr. Maria Nieto, Professor of Biological Sciences at California State University and award-winning author of Pig Behind the Bear and The Water of Life Remains in the Dead.
Amicus Brief: Maria Nieto Synopsis: Pig Behind the Bear Synopsis: Water of Life Remains in the Dead
Maria Nieto is a professor in the
Department of Biological Sciences at California State University,
East Bay where she has been involved in underrepresented minority
recruitment, teaching, and research for over 26 years. Maria’s
research interests and science publications have focused on
cancer cell detection and destruction. More recently Maria’s
interests have centered on the subject of sex and gender where
she has written popular press articles and an amicus brief that
was submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States in
support of marriage equality.
Maria’s writings extend beyond the field of science. Her first
work of fiction, a murder-mystery/crime-drama entitled Pig
Behind The Bear, has won four awards to date. Maria’s second
novel, The Water of Life Remains in the Dead, was
recently ranked #5 on the Latino Author’s top ten list for 2015
and named a 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Award Winner. Both
novels feature a feisty Chicana who uses her Revlon lipstick like
a talisman as she works to investigate crimes against the most
vulnerable among us – immigrants and children. Maria’s writing
uses history, science, and dark humor to force us to see the
unseen; the victims we never knew, those killed and abused under
the cover of nightfall.
For additional information on Maria Nieto’s books, visit www.pigbehindthebear.com.