CRAFTY FUN - Read Aloud, Q&A, and Craft Activity: Interactive read-aloud, a Q&A session, and an arts and crafts activity for grades K-2. This is a 60-minute session for a total of 35 students.

STORY IDEA BRAINSTORM - Read Aloud, Q&A, followed by a Discussion About Your Story Ideas: Interactive read-aloud, a Q&A session, I will introduce students to fun strategies authors use to find and develop story ideas for grades 1-5. This is a 60-minute session for a total of 100 students.

READING AS WELLNESS: Interactive read-aloud of GLORIANA PRESENTE, a Q&A session, and a game that incorporates mindfulness strategies to help students face their fears and anxieties like Gloriana does in the book. This game can also include a writing component depending on how much time we have and how many students are participating in the session. This is great for grades K-5.

Join award-winning author Alyssa Reynoso-Morris for an interactive Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and literacy experience inspired by Gloriana Presente. Through a lively read-aloud, author talk, and audience participation, students will discover how authors transform real-life experiences and emotions into stories.

Together, we will explore how Gloriana's feelings change throughout the story—from the beginning, to the middle, to the end—helping students understand that emotions are constantly changing and that all feelings are valid. Through guided discussion and a Q&A session, students will build emotional vocabulary, practice empathy, and learn healthy ways to express their feelings.

Students will complete a "Feelings Tracker" activity, identifying and reflecting on Gloriana's emotions throughout the book while making connections to their own experiences. The program concludes with a kinesthetic mindfulness activity designed to help students manage fears, worries, and big emotions, just as Gloriana learns to do in the story.

This engaging program strengthens literacy skills while supporting self-awareness, emotional regulation, empathy, and resilience.

SEL Connections: Self-Awareness, Emotional Regulation, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, Responsible Decision-Making

Recommended Grades: K–5

PICTURE BOOK CREATION WORKSHOP SERIES - Read Aloud, Q&A, followed by a Picture Book Creation Workshop Series: This programming is done over the course of three 60-minute sessions. During the first 60-minute session, I lead students in an interactive read-aloud, and then we discuss the parts and elements of picture books, followed by a Q&A session. During the second 60-minute session, students brainstorm the components of their own picture book with a handout and guidance I provide. During the third session, students finalize their own picture book creations as author-illustrators and share them with the class. This programming is ideal for grades 3-12.

• Learn about Gloriana’s TAINO (Indigenous) ancestors of the Caribbean.

• Make Maracas like our indigenous ancestors

• Participate in a mini Pow Wow

AUTHOR TALK - Read Aloud followed by an Author Talk and Q&A: Interactive 60-minute presentation about lessons learned on the journey to becoming an author and Q&A about books. I will answer questions like: How long does it take to write a book? Do you have to find your own illustrator? How does a book get into a bookstore? What is an agent's role in the publishing process? What is a query letter? What is an editor’s role? Who else is involved in the process? This workshop does not have a maximum occupancy and is for High School (9-12), college, and beyond.

PARENT WORKSHOP - Read Aloud followed by an Author Talk and Q&A: An interactive 60-minute session includes an overview of all of my books, a read-aloud of one of my books, tips for parents on how to improve reading engagement, and a Q&A portion. Over 70% of 4th graders are not reading at grade level, therefore illiteracy is a huge societal problem. As a mom and author, I share tips and techniques that inspire a love of reading and learning at home. This workshop is intended for parents and families.