Episode 161: A Children’s Book Author Is a Soon-To-Be Grad

Our guest this episode is Luisana Duarte Armendáriz, who is a doctoral student concluding her studies at UConn this spring. She is already an accomplish author of children’s literature and is a graduate assistant in the Creative Writing Program in the Department of English. She has had an incredible variety of experiences in her life, ranging from graphic designer to high school teacher to an acceptance to medical school. She started writing children’s books when applying for graduate school and has written “Julieta and The Diamond Enigma” with its sequel “Julieta and The Cryptic Rose” set for release in the fall. Before we get started with Luisana, we talked about Izzy’s experience covering the NCAA Men’s Final Four for University Communications.

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Episode 161: A Children’s Book Author Is a Soon-To-Be Grad is an episode from UConn 360: The UConn Podcast by UConn 360.

This episode is 16:31 long.

This episode was published on Apr 15, 2026.

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