About Us
Our day-long event for NJ high school students will include Spanish, Portuguese, and Latinx poetry recitation competitions, as well as student-written monologue or poetry recitation in the target languages. We will also have talks on culture and language, and opportunities to tour campus. The list of poetry for recitation and guidelines for the student-written monologues or poetry for live performance was sent to participants in January 2024.
The Festival is funded by a Chancellor’s Impact Seed Grant Award. Attendance is free but registration is required.
In-person registration for high schools has closed for SOMOS 2024 but registration for virtual attendance (via Simulcast) is now available!
Click here to register your high school for our wait list for in-person attendance.
The 2024 Festival flyer and program are now available!
Our Team
Elena Lahr-Vivaz, Director
Jason Cortés, Co-Director
Jennifer Bernstein, Art Director
Vanessa Hernández, Coordinator
Laura Gomez, Graphic Design
Sara Madrid, Alyssa Baeza, Nicole Peralta, Stephanie Perez, Hannah Thompson, Promotion & Marketing
Tahj Ballard, Antony Cumbicos Salas, and Aylie Gray, Strategic Partnerships
Joshua Bradley, Ennie Arigbe, Lilly Dag-Spencer, Jenelle Headad, Makini Maiga, Yennifer Pinales, and Dan Ramge, Event Management
Our Partners
Department of Spanish & Portuguese Studies • Department of Arts, Culture, & Media • Lives in Translation • American Studies Program • Clement A. Price Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, & the Modern Experience • Honors Living-Learning Community • the Office of the Chancellor • the Office of the Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences • the NJ Folk Festival • the Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series • Rhythms of Resistance: Global Hip-Hop Symposium and Concert